VAW-116 is a US Navy Command and Control Squadron that deploys aboard USS Carl Vinson as part of Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) and flies the E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft. The “Sun Kings” of VAW-116 are stationed at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, CA under the cognizance of Commander, Airborne Command Control and Logistics Wing (COMACCLOGWING). This is their bullet patch that says “WE DON’T NEED THE ‘D'”, referencing the new E-2D aircraft and does not come with velcro attached.
