This is the triangle patch for the Strike Fighter Weapons School, Atlantic for the F/A-18 Hornet located at NAS Oceana, VA. When the schools combined the officers got together to brainstorm a new design and command motto. Across the top of the triangle patch it says “Advocati Diaboli”, loosely translates to “Devil’s Advocates”. Being that they fly aggressor missions for the fleet, they are in a sense the Devil’s advocates. They “argue” the opposite side of a point to prove it’s validity. With that motto accepted, the F/A-18 officers wanted to preserve the F-14 heritage in the new school since the Strike Fighter name was staying and the F-14 is now decommissioned. The obvious choice was the decommissioned F-14 squadron, VF-74 Bedevilers. With a redesigned Devil and replacing the old bomb site with the missle site from the “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School design the new patch was formed. This version has the yellow SFWSL lettering at the top left corner, but unsure why it’s yellow, vs the one below.
