Official VMFA-251 Flightline Qual Shoulder Patch Ice Pack and USMC squadron variant collectors

and USMC squadron variant collectors

and this Christmas patch captures the lighter side of a squadron whose day job involves delivering devastating firepower from rotary-wing platforms

This officially licensed patch represents every Marine

where she survived two nuclear detonations before being sunk as a target in 1948

Swamp Fox forever

Official VMFA-251 Flightline Qual Shoulder Patch Ice Pack and USMC squadron variant collectorsOfficial VMFA 251 Flightline Qual Shoulder Patch Qualified on the line where the Thunderbolts' jets meet the ground crew. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA 251), the Thunderbolts, requires every Marine working on the flightline to meet strict qualification standards before they can operate around the squadron's F 35C Lightning II aircraft. The Flightline Qual shoulder patch represents that certification proof that the wearer has demonstrated