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English: Insignia of the U.S. Navy Attack squadron 144 (VA-144) "Roadrunners". The squadron’s insignia was approved by the United States Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on 23 February 1956. Colours for the lightning bolt and electron ring insignia were: a black background outlined in white with a white scroll and black lettering; red lightning bolt; yellow electron rings and white stars. This insignia was retained by the squadron following its redesignation from VA-116 to VA-144 on 23 February 1959.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) 1966-1967 cruise book available at Navysite.de. Also in: Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1: The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons, Chapter 2: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-125 to VA-153, p. 206. Published by the Naval Historical Center, United States Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (USA), 1995. ISBN 0945274297.
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Public domain This image is in the public domain in the United States because it contains materials that originally came from a United States Armed Forces badge or logo. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current22:07, 4 August 2015Thumbnail for version as of 22:07, 4 August 2015217 × 236 (68 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Insignia of the U.S. Navy Attack Squadron 144 (VA-144) "Roadrunners". |Source=U.S. Navy photo [http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv63-67/286.htm] from the [http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv63-67/index_006....

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