Fighter Squadron Twenty was commissioned on 15 October 1943 and were nicknamed "THE JOKERS" due to youth and inexperience of their aviators. VF-20 saw action during the invasion of the Philippines...
The lion on this patch picked up its sword when VF-32 moved to the F-8 Crusader, and that sword gave the squadron the name it still answers to, the Fighting Swordsmen. The heraldic lion went on the...