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The Fighting Shamrocks - Flight Patch - VMFA 333 - Vietnam War - G.033:
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The Fighting Shamrocks - VMFA 333 - Air Attack

Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 333

Vietnam War Patch - MiG Killers

Measures - 3.8 x 3.8 inches (9.5 x 9.5 cms)

VMFA 333 – Marine All WeatherAttack 333 – Fighting Shamrocks

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333) wasa United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets.

Known as the "Fighting Shamrocks" and“Trip Trey”, the squadron participated in action during World War II, theVietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.

The squadron’s aircraft were easilyrecognizable by the row of three shamrocks painted on the vertical stabilizersof their aircraft.

They were decommissioned on 31 March 1992.

On 1 February 1966, The squadron was redesignatedas Marine All Weather Fighter Squadron 333 (VMF(AW)-333) when they received newall-weather versions of the F-8 Crusader.

The squadrons last name change came on June 20,1966 when they became Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333) as theytransitioned to the F-4 Phantom II.

In June 1972, VMFA-333 deployed on board theUSS America (CVA-66) and conducted missions over Vietnam.

It was during this deployment that the squadrongot its only air-to-air kill when Major Lee T Lasseter, USMC along with hisRIO, Capt. John D. Cummings shot down a MiG-21 over North Vietnam, near Hanoi.After the shoot down both aircraft were damaged by flak and an SA-2 SAM, whichhit 5526 in the tail section.

Close to running out of fuel and with 5526 onfire from the SAM hit, the pilots ejected just south of Haiphong Harbor.

The incident was also the first and onlyall-Marine kill during the Vietnam War.

Two other Marines shot down MiGs but they wereon exchange with the Air Force.

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