Officially Licensed USMC HML-167 Warriors Original Patch Backing:No Hook & Loop VMFAT-101 flew its first training

VMFAT-101 flew its first training sortie on 20 February 1969 and completed its first class of fighter aircrew by August of that year

weapons delivery

This patch represents every aviator and aircrew member whose service in the sky earned them one of military aviation's most meaningful decorations

with pilots

the pilots and maintainers who loved the lightweight attack jet that could carry more bombs per pound of airframe than anything else in the inventory

Officially Licensed USMC HML-167 Warriors Original Patch Backing:No Hook & Loop VMFAT-101 flew its first trainingUSMC HML 167 Warriors Original Patch Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 167 (HML 167) "Warriors" Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 167, the Warriors, holds the rare distinction of being the only Marine helicopter squadron commissioned in a combat zone. Activated on 1 April 1968 at Marble Mountain Air Facility in the Republic of Vietnam, HML 167 was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and immediately began flying UH 1E Huey