Det-Alpha — USS Forrestal (CVA-59)

VMAQ-2 "Playboys / Panthers / Death Jesters" · USMC · 1971

Deployed aboard USS Forrestal (CVA-59), VMCJ-2's Detachment Alpha ran carrier-based reconnaissance and electronic warfare missions. The patch reads "Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron — Detachment Alpha" around a nighttime carrier scene.