Officially Licensed USMC Marine Aircraft Group Marine Air Group MAG-16 Patch SMS • **Detail:** MEU-specific Skid DET

• **Detail:** MEU-specific Skid DET artwork with deployment branding

HMM-263 Thunder Eagles veterans

The squadron was twice named Marine Air Command and Control Systems Unit of the Year

early rotary-wing aviation pioneers

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Officially Licensed USMC Marine Aircraft Group Marine Air Group MAG-16 Patch SMS • **Detail:** MEU-specific Skid DETMarine Aircraft Group MAG 16 USMC Embroidered Patch Rotary Wing Pioneers MAG 16 didn't just fly helicopters into combat it invented the way Marines use them. As the first helicopter group ever established in the Marine Corps, MAG 16 set the standard for rotary wing assault operations that continues to this day. If you've ever served with this group, you were part of aviation history. Commissioned on 1 March 1952 at Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana,