Check the listing for details. USMC VMFA-122 VMFA-531 F-14 TOMCAT Variable-Sweep Wing Fighter iron-on PATCH. Listed at 16.99 USD. No, the Marines never did fly the F-14. Marine Fighter Squadron 122 was commissioned on 1 March 1942 at Camp Kearny, California. Originally the “Candystripers”, the squadron was organized and trained under its first Commanding Officer, Major I. I. Brackett.