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This identity design was created in adobe illustrator to represent the official unit insignia for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2025. The flying diamond insignia was first recognized during World War II as a shoulder patch. The patch was later mandated by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to represent all Marine Aircraft Wings.
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
II Marine Expeditionary Force

Mar 17, 2021

MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 conduct aerial operations at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 10, 2020. VMM-261 trained with airmen in shore-based operations in an unfamiliar environment prior to an upcoming deployment in Spring 2021. VMM-261 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the air combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Yuritzy Gomez)

CAMERA

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

LENS

EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/640

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

LENS

EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/640

ISO

100