The Golden Eagles provide medium tiltrotor assault support for II Marine Expeditionary Force
The battalion continued to fight at Soissons
running toward danger when every survival instinct told them to run the other way — the same courage that defines combat heroism
and Anchor — the symbol of every Marine
and the squadron's lineage stretches back through decades of carrier-based aviation
Official VAW-117 E-2D Turn Operator Patches NLECC The Golden Eagles provide mediumOfficial VAW 117 E 2D Turn Operator Patches U. S. Navy Airborne Command & Control Squadron Wallbangers Embroidered Patch Nothing flies without the picture, and nobody paints the picture like the Wallbangers. If you turned the scope, this patch is earned. Airborne Command and Control Squadron 117 (VAW 117), the "Wallbangers," was established at NAS North Island, California, on July 1, 1974, as part of the Fighter Airborne Early Warning Wing, U. S.