Operation Shufly Da Nang Vietnam Patch VS-30 Firebirds — Fueling the Fight

Firebirds — Fueling the Fight

the battalion operates as part of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (formerly 3rd FSSG)

This MAG-31 variant represents another chapter in the group's eight-decade legacy of aerial dominance

is one of the Marine Corps' classic fighter attack squadrons

Afghanistan — which proved to be one of the costliest single-battalion deployments of the war

Operation Shufly Da Nang Vietnam Patch VS-30 Firebirds — Fueling the FightOperation Shufly Da Nang Vietnam Patch Embroidered Patch Where Marine Helicopters Went to War Before the buildup, before the battalions, there was Shufly. This patch commemorates Operation Shufly at Da Nang the rotating deployment of Marine helicopter squadrons that marked the beginning of sustained Marine Corps operations in Vietnam. If you were part of a Shufly rotation, you were among the first Marines to fly combat missions in country. Operation