VA-196 adopted that name because the A-6 Intruder was the carrier air wing's main battery — its heaviest
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IYAOYAS Share a Bomb from Ordnance PVC Patch Color:Red VA-196 adopted that name becauseIYAOYAS Share a Bomb from Ordnance PVC Patch Because Every Sortie Starts with a Red Shirt If You Ain't Ordnance, You Ain't well, you know the rest. IYAOYAS is the battle cry of Aviation Ordnancemen across the Navy and Marine Corps the red shirted warriors who handle, store, maintain, and load every missile, bomb, torpedo, rocket, and round that goes on a naval aircraft. The AO rating was established on March 2, 1926, and from day one these Sailors and