{"product_id":"official-hsc-8-eightballers-throwback-shoulder-patch","title":"Official HSC-8 Eightballers Throwback Shoulder Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial HSC-8 Eightballers Throwback Shoulder Patch — Welcome to the Show\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBehind the eight ball? That's exactly where the Eightballers want to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHSC-8 \"Eightballers\" is a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron flying the MH-60S Seahawk out of NAS North Island, San Diego, California. Attached to Carrier Air Wing 11 and deploying aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, HSC-8 provides vertical lift, anti-surface warfare, combat search and rescue, special operations support, and logistics capabilities to the carrier strike group. The squadron traces its lineage to HS-8, originally established on June 1, 1956, and has accumulated an extraordinary operational history — from performing more than 30 combat search and rescue missions over North Vietnam, to supporting President Nixon, to participating in Apollo 6 crew recovery, to deploying in response to the Iranian hostage crisis and Desert Storm. Redesignated HSC-8 in 2007, the Eightballers accomplished the first-ever MH-60S cruiser\/destroyer detachment and helped capture fifteen suspected pirates. This throwback patch pays tribute to the Eightballers' storied past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: HSC-8 Eightballers aircrew and maintainers, MH-60S Seahawk community, NAS North Island squadrons, CVW-11 veterans, and anyone who knows that behind every carrier strike group is a helicopter squadron doing the dirty work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHSC-8 — welcome to the show, indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51160028610785,"sku":"hhh1793013364075","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/7782\/5761\/files\/official-hsc-8-eightballers-throwback-shoulder-patch_1.jpg?v=1793013370","url":"https:\/\/www.getvirevon.com\/products\/official-hsc-8-eightballers-throwback-shoulder-patch","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}