HSC-5 Nightdippers Squadron Crest Sweatshirt

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HSC-5 Nightdippers Squadron Crest SweatshirtWhen darkness falls, HSC 5 is just getting started. The Nightdippers, based at NAS Jacksonville, have earned their name through decades of around the clock readiness in support of Atlantic Fleet carrier strike groups. Flying the MH 60S Seahawk, these crews are the fleet's lifeline always on call for search and rescue, vertical replenishment, and maritime security missions. 50% cotton, 50% polyester Pre shrunk fabric Air jet spun yarn for a softer feel

From her early years as CVA-63 conducting Cold War WESTPAC deployments

on February 20

with her air wing ready to respond to rapidly escalating events

Kennedy was redesignated from CVA-67 to CV-67 as the attack carrier designation was phased out

American sailors and aviators had become battle-hardened veterans of sustained combat operations

This sweatshirt commemorates her 1980 cruise

Her 1995-96 deployment was her final Mediterranean cruise — the last time CV-66 would sail in strength

USS Constellation (CV-64) deployed in 1987 to the Persian Gulf

USS Normandy (CG-60) deployed in 2002

In the weeks following September 11

Few deployments in the history of naval aviation produced results as decisive as this one

she was a premier fleet defense asset before her decommissioning on June 28