Official New Mexico Army Guard C Co 3-140th Aviation Mingus Gate PVC Patch

Official New Mexico Army National Guard Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment "Mingus Gate" PVC patch.

Lakotas out of Las Cruces — Security and Support, NM Army Guard.

Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment is a New Mexico Army National Guard aviation unit headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico — the Security and Support (S&S) helicopter company providing aerial reconnaissance, command and control, casualty evacuation, search and rescue, and disaster response support to the State of New Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Army when called. C Company flies the UH-72A Lakota — Airbus's twin-engine military variant of the EC145 — having transitioned from the Vietnam-vintage OH-58 Kiowa in 2013 to gain quicker response times, greater cargo capacity, an external rescue hoist for SAR work, and a cargo hook capable of carrying firefighting Bambi buckets and other large loads across the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert terrain that defines the unit's home turf. The 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment is a multi-state battalion under the Army National Guard, with Charlie Company in New Mexico and a detachment in Arizona — and the broader 140th Aviation Regiment lineage runs through Vietnam-era Army aviation units. "Mingus Gate" is the unit's flightline call-out — the gate the crews come through to sign for the keys, preflight, and launch on a no-notice mission. This PVC shoulder patch is the Mingus Gate keepsake.

Perfect For: NM Army National Guard C Co, 3-140th Aviation aviators and crew chiefs, UH-72A Lakota pilots and maintainers, Las Cruces and Holloman-area aviation Soldiers, southwestern border operations support crews, civil support and SAR helicopter crews, and Army National Guard aviation collectors.

C Co 3-140th — Lakotas, Mingus Gate, Las Cruces, ready when called.