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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

May 21, 2021

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Fessenden, a crew chief instructor with Marine Light Attack Squadron (HMLA) 269, fires a GAU-17 minigun at a simulated enemy at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 22, 2021. HMLA-269 and other squadrons assigned to Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 29 are training to integrate with and support various Marine ground units as part of Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 3-21. Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms

CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/2000

ISO

160

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/2000

ISO

160