Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) is an aviation unit of the

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based at

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, California. The squadron flies the

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and is currently assigned to

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. A black fist clenching a red lightning bolt on a field of yellow became the squadron's second insignia and has been in use, with some modifications, since CNO approval on 9 June 1949. The fist on the Insignia is actually

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' fist from Greek mythology. On 24 July 1959, CNO approved a modification to the insignia which added a scroll with the designation VA-25. On 24 January 1974 CNO approved another modification to the insignia, adding three black stars. When the squadron was designated VFA-25 it continued to use the fist and lightning bolt insignia but dropped the three stars. Four stars were again added (date unknown) representing wars in which VFA-25 has flown aircraft into combat: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and most recently, Iraq.

History

Two US Navy squadrons have held the designation VA-25. The first VA-25 would eventually become