VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron 1st MAW air command and

1st MAW air command and control personnel

Heavy lift in Iraq

Ugly Angels SFF — special mission tiltrotors

NAS Glynco played a role in Navy aviation training under the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) structure

VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron 1st MAW air command andVAW 123 Screwtop JOPA Patch Junior Officers Running the Show The JOPA of VAW 123 keeps the Screwtops running because junior officers do the real work. This Junior Officers Protection Association (JOPA) patch from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 (VAW 123), the Screwtops, celebrates the time honored military tradition of junior officer solidarity. JOPA is the unofficial fraternity of JOs who do the bulk of the squadron's operational flying,