Before the 1975-76 Academy school year, squadron leaders obtained written permission from “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry to use the Starship name and phrase. The letter remains in the Academy Command Historian Office’s Special Collection Archives. Seventeen years later, Squadron 19 changed to “Wolverines,” a name that remained for 30 years until the re-designation ceremony.

seventeen years later.... there's that number again, it's like where's waldo at this point lol.