Officially Licensed US Navy Carrier Air Wing CVW-9 Patch Backing:No Hook & Loop HML-776 maintained combat-ready UH-1 crews

HML-776 maintained combat-ready UH-1 crews who could augment active duty Marine light helicopter operations on short notice

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Cold War-era carrier attack aviation enthusiasts

VMM-262 is always at the ready for real-world contingencies across the Indo-Pacific theater — from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to combat operations and non-combatant evacuations

HMLA-269 "Gunrunners" continues to operate the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom from MCAS Camp Pendleton under MAG-39

Officially Licensed US Navy Carrier Air Wing CVW-9 Patch Backing:No Hook & Loop HML-776 maintained combat-ready UH-1 crewsOfficially Licensed US Navy Carrier Air Wing CVW 9 Patch Nine Lives on the Flight Deck CVW 9 has been stacking combat cruises since before most air wings existed. Carrier Air Wing Nine is one of the U. S. Navy's most storied and combat experienced air wings, having deployed aboard multiple carriers across decades of operations from Vietnam to the Global War on Terror. CVW 9 integrates fighter, attack, electronic warfare, early warning, and helicopter