Squadron Nostalgia LLC VX-6 AIRDEVRON SIX Puckered Penguins Patch – Plastic Backing
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- VX-6 AIRDEVRON SIX PUCKERED PENGUINS Patch - Plastic Backing Aviators! Are you looking for a high-quality patch you'll proudly wear or display? Look no further than the VX-6 AIRDEVRON SIX PUCKERED PENGUINS Patch! 3.5"W x 4.4"H Embroidered US Naval Aviator Owned Business Sew On Plastic Backing (increases rigidity; the patch lasts longer and stays flat) Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6 or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Three-quarter portside view of an LC-130F ski-equipped Hercules, Navy's Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) "Ice Pirates," NAS Point Mugu, California, taxiing at the Admundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Exact date photo taken unknown. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on 17 January 1955 as Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6),[27] the squadron's mission was to conduct operations in support of Operation Deep Freeze, the operational component of the United States Antarctic Program. The squadron relocated to Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island on 1 February 1956. On 1 January 1969 the squadron was redesignated Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6). Following the closure of NAS Quonset Point in the 1970s, the squadron relocated to NAS Point Mugu. Using the tail codes XD (1955) and JD (1957), the squadron flew numerous aircraft over the course of its existence—many of which were pioneering endeavors. For example, the first air link between Antarctica and New Zealand was established by men and aircraft of VX-6 in 1955. The following year, a ski-equipped R4D Dakota of VX-6 became the first aircraft to land at the South Pole. In 1961, the first emergency midwinter medical
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