Official VMM-161 Greyhawks "The First" V-22 Shoulder Patch 250th Anniversary Navy The battalion's motto — "Ready

The battalion's motto — "Ready to fight since 1917" — is not a boast but a historical fact

and performing emergency aerial delivery

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a test pilot has to push it past the edge — and live to write the report

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Official VMM-161 Greyhawks "The First" V-22 Shoulder Patch 250th Anniversary Navy The battalion's motto — "ReadyOfficial VMM 161 Greyhawks "The First" V 22 Shoulder Patch Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 Embroidered Patch The First, The BestVMM 161 Greyhawks, the world's first helicopter transport squadron, now flying the MV 22 Osprey and carrying the legacy of vertical envelopment into the tiltrotor era. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM 161), the "Greyhawks," holds the extraordinary distinction of being the first helicopter transport squadron in