Size: 5.5" WideIn Stock: >5 (Another AV8RSTUFF Creation): Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 30 (AIRTEVRON THREE ZERO or VX-30), nicknamed The Bloodhounds) is a US Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at NAS Point Mugu, CA. Using the tail code BH, the squadron flies the E-2D Hawkeye, Lockheed P-3 Orion, and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. The VX-30 Bloodhounds provide support to the US Navy's Sea Test Range off the shores of central California. Established as the Naval Weapons Test Squadron Point Mugu on 8 May 1995, the squadron was redesignated Air Test and Evaluation Squadron THREE ZERO (VX-30) in May 2002. Today, VX-30 is the principal naval flight and ground test unit for all Point Mugu Naval Air Systems Command aircraft and aircraft functions, including logistics and training support. This is their "throwback" patch created by the squadron and does not come with velcro attached.
