CBP AMO Flying Monkeys VMM-164 The 463rd Bombardment Group was

The 463rd Bombardment Group was activated during World War II and flew B-17 Flying Fortresses with the Fifteenth Air Force from bases in Italy

The squadron later redesignated as HMLA-369 when the Marine Corps merged attack and utility helicopter assets

This 25th anniversary patch commemorates the program's first quarter century of operations

and USMC attack squadron legacy patch collectors

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