Officially Licensed US Navy USS Lexington CV-16 Blue Ghost Patch Gunship and Operation Iraqi Freedom —

and Operation Iraqi Freedom — including embarking aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard

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and F/A-18C Hornet before the squadron transitioned to the F-35B

and testing continued — because the work at China Lake is too important to stop

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Officially Licensed US Navy USS Lexington CV-16 Blue Ghost Patch Gunship and Operation Iraqi Freedom —Officially Licensed US Navy USS Lexington CV 16 Blue Ghost Patch The Unsinkable Legend The Japanese kept reporting her sunk. The Blue Ghost kept showing up. This patch honors that stubborn refusal to die. USS Lexington (CV 16), the legendary "Blue Ghost," was an Essex class aircraft carrier that earned her nickname because the Japanese reported her sunk on at least four separate occasions yet she kept appearing on the horizon to launch more strikes.