San Diego V-22 Ospreys Patch — Tiltrotor City's Hometown Patch
San Diego: where the Padres play baseball and the Ospreys play for keeps.
This patch is a tribute to the V-22 Osprey community in San Diego — home to MCAS Miramar and the heart of West Coast Marine tiltrotor aviation. With MAG-16's MV-22 squadrons and the Navy's CMV-22B fleet logistics squadrons all operating in the San Diego area, the city has become the unofficial capital of V-22 operations. The Osprey is one of the most unique aircraft in military aviation — a tiltrotor that takes off and lands like a helicopter but flies like a turboprop, giving the MAGTF an assault transport capability that no other platform can match. This patch blends San Diego's baseball culture with military aviation pride, creating a morale patch that celebrates the city, the aircraft, and the Marines and sailors who fly and maintain the mighty Osprey.
Perfect For: V-22 Osprey pilots and crew chiefs, MV-22 and CMV-22B community members, MCAS Miramar squadrons, MAG-16 Marines, San Diego military community members, and anyone who calls America's Finest City and the Osprey home.
San Diego Ospreys — tilt hard, fly fast, rep the 619.