AV-8 Harrier II+ Leather Patch Color:Antique This original design patch preserves

This original design patch preserves the iconic El Toro identity that served as home to 3rd MAW units for decades before the base's closure in 1999

Da Nang in 1965

45 Commando — RM Condor

The Dragons maintained combat-ready Reserve pilots who could augment the active duty Marine attack community during mobilization

and providing direct support to combatant commanders across Operations Desert Storm

AV-8 Harrier II+ Leather Patch Color:Antique This original design patch preservesAV 8 Harrier II+ Leather Patch The Jump Jet That Gave the Marine Corps Vertical Attack Power for Four Decades It lands like a helicopter, fights like a fighter, and changed everything about how Marines project airpower from the sea. The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) AV 8B Harrier II is the Marine Corps' iconic vertical short takeoff and landing (V STOL) attack aircraft, a single seat, single engine jet that has defined expeditionary Marine aviation