US Navy Official VA-12 Flying Ubangis Patch ROK VMM-262's Flying Tigers flightline qualification

VMM-262's Flying Tigers flightline qualification patches are worn with pride by the Marines who have earned the right to inspect and approve maintenance on some of the most complex aircraft in the Marine Corps inventory

and development missions conducted at Quantico

First activated on 12 January 1927 as part of the 3rd Marine Brigade in China

and weapons systems that defend the fleet

A-4 Skyhawk

US Navy Official VA-12 Flying Ubangis Patch ROK VMM-262's Flying Tigers flightline qualificationUS Navy Official VA 12 Flying Ubangis Patch Attack Squadron 12 Flying Ubangis Embroidered Patch The Flying Ubangis VA 12, the Kiss of Death squadron, delivering lethal air attacks with the A 4 Skyhawk from Atlantic Fleet carrier decks. Attack Squadron 12 (VA 12), the "Flying Ubangis," was a U. S. Navy carrier based attack squadron that operated the Douglas A 4 Skyhawk and later the A 7 Corsair II. The Flying Ubangis' secondary motto "Kiss of Death"