The VAW-115 Liberty Bells are the oldest and only original squadron in Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW-5). They joined CVW-5 aboard USS MIDWAY (CV 41) in 1970 and made two combat deployments to the Gulf of Tonkin between May 1971 and April 1973. In September 1973, VAW-115 along with the rest of CVW-5, moved to Yokosuka, Japan, as a component of the U.S. Forward Deployed Naval Forces and established themselves as the only carrier and air wing to be home ported outside the continental United States. Currently, they are relocating to NAS Pt. Mugu, CA to transition into the “D” model. This patch commemorates 45 years in FDNF and says 1967 – 2012 along the bottom.
