The Black Aces check in on the radio as Dealer, and this patch is the card they play: an ace of spades with 41 in the pip. VF-41 was the F-14 Tomcat squadron that scored the jet's first air-to-air...
The Black Knights name came out of the night, when VF-154's F-8 Crusaders were set up for night operations and the squadron picked up the name unofficially. The knight himself came first. Pilot John...