Officially Licensed USMC Air Base Squadrons MABS 16 Patch MAG-31 flying the A-4M Skyhawk

flying the A-4M Skyhawk

this is the perfect combination of Corps and aviation identity

Pop-A-Smoke War On Terror — honoring Marine rotary-wing veterans of the Global War on Terror

The squadron's Marines are the unsung heroes who ensure that when Marine aircraft need to launch

and anyone preserving the story of the Marines who owned the radar picture and kept the skies sorted for every aircraft operating in the battlespace

Officially Licensed USMC Air Base Squadrons MABS 16 Patch MAG-31 flying the A-4M SkyhawkMarine Air Base Squadron MABS 16 USMC Embroidered Patch Rotary Wing Base Operations Pioneers MABS 16 provided the base support for the Marine Corps' first helicopter group, establishing the procedures and infrastructure for rotary wing base operations that the entire Corps would follow. This officially licensed patch represents the pioneering Marines who wrote the playbook for helicopter air base support. Marine Air Base Squadron 16 served as the base