Officially Licensed USMC Air Base Squadrons MABS 16 Patch MAG-31 and HMLA-167 was the first

and HMLA-167 was the first squadron to employ the Night Targeting System on the AH-1W SuperCobra

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

MAG-29 veterans and active duty Marines

Eyes of the MAGTF — the radar watch

Officially Licensed USMC Air Base Squadrons MABS 16 Patch MAG-31 and HMLA-167 was the firstMarine 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