USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Patch vmft-10 AH-1W and AH-1Z OEF veterans

AH-1W and AH-1Z OEF veterans

The squadron was activated on 7 February 1964 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164 (HMM-164) at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Ana

and the Gunfighters continue to serve today flying AH-1Z Vipers and UH-1Y Venoms

developing the tactics

USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 Patch vmft-10 AH-1W and AH-1Z OEF veteransUSS Franklin D Roosevelt CV 42 Patch Teddy's Carrier Legacy CV 42 carried a president's name and the weight of the Cold War on her flight deck. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV 42) was a Midway class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1945 and named after the 32nd President of the United States. Originally named USS Coral Sea, she was renamed before commissioning. CV 42 served through the Cold War, deploying to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet and