USAF 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron Operation Spartan Shield Patch Goshawk embracing the E-2's reputation as

embracing the E-2's reputation as one of the slower aircraft on the carrier flight deck while celebrating the squadron's outsized contribution to fleet air defense

Based at NAS Norfolk

where the squadron's observation aircraft and helicopters provided critical reconnaissance and casualty evacuation support during some of the war's most desperate battles

Using fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft

the battalion had suffered nearly 400 casualties — among the highest of any battalion in the brigade

USAF 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron Operation Spartan Shield Patch Goshawk embracing the E-2's reputation asUSAF 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron Operation Spartan Shield Patch Forecasting the Fight in the Desert The 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron deployed under Spartan Shield to give commanders something more valuable than bullets accurate weather. The 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron provides combat weather support to joint forces deployed under Operation Spartan Shield, the U. S. military's theater security cooperation mission in the Middle