VFA-94 Shrikes Squadron Patch - With Hook and Loop
Aviators! Enjoy a beautifully embroidered VFA-94 Shrikes Patch. You'll be able to wear this patch proudly.
4" inches
With Hook and Loop
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041115-N-9319H-045.Pacific Ocean (December 15, 2004) ñ A F/A-18 Hornet of the ìMighty Shrikesî Fixed Wing Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94) prepares to take off from a catapult on the flight deck during evening flight operations aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is currently conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Angel G. Hilbrands.

Two distinct US Navy squadrons have held the designation VA-94. The first VA-94 served in World War II and was disestablished on 30 November 1949. The second VA-94 later became VFA-94, the main subject of this article. Officially, the US Navy does not recognize a direct lineage of newly formed squadrons with disestablished squadrons.[2] Often however, the new squadron will assume the nickname, insignia, and traditions of the earlier squadrons. That appears to have happened in this case, as (for a short time) the new squadron used a cat insignia similar to the earlier one.
1950s
Fighter Squadron 94 (VF-94), was established at NAS Alameda, California on March 26, 1952. The squadron began flying the Vought F4U Corsair, but quickly transitioned to jet aircraft. Over the next eight years, the squadron received and flew numerous fighter aircraft before becoming an attack squadron. In September 1953, the squadron received the F9F-5 Panther. In January 1955 the squadron moved to NAS Moffett Field and received the FJ-3M Fury in February 1955. In November 1955, they transitioned to the F9F Cougar. They again flew various models of the FJ-3 Fury from June 1957 until 1959.
The squadron was redesignated as Attack Squadron 94 (VA-94) on 1 August 1958[3] and moved