This is the new RIO nametag for the Strike Fighter Weapons School, Atlantic for the F/A-18 Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat RIOs that teach at the Weapons School 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 we fly aggressor missions for the fleet we are in a sense the Devil’s advocates. We “argue” the opposite side of a point to prove it’s validity. With that motto accepted the FA-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 slowly being 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.
