Baseball Cap - US NAVY Attack Squadron 165

65% Polyester 35%Cotton

The Professional Look
Structured
Firm Front Panel

• 5-panel cap
• Seamless Front Panel with Full Buckram
• 4 Sewn Eyelets
  Matching Visor Color
• Pro Stitch on Crown
• 6 Rows Stitching on Visor
• Matching Fabric Undervisor
• Matching Color Sweatband
• Plastic Adjustable Snap 

VA-165, nicknamed the Boomers, was a long-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established on 1 September 1960, and disestablished 35 years later on 30 September 1996.The squadron operated in the region of Vietnam, Laos, and Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s. VA-165 transferred to the Persian Gulf after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and also served near the Philippines during the late 1970s. During the 1980s, VA-165 was moved from the Middle East to Central America, particularly Nicaragua, back to Iran in the Middle East, off to South Korea, and then to the Middle East again for Kuwait. During the 1990s, the squadron worked in the United States, the Middle East, and Taiwan.