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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

Corporal Lake M. Keating, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief, fires an M240B machine gun at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, January 25, 2021. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167) trained with soldiers from the Michigan Air National Guard to conduct expeditionary operations in a cold weather environment. HMLA-167 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the air combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)

CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

100