Officially Licensed USMC MALS-26 Patriots Patches — Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 PVC Patches
The Patriots keep the ACE in the fight—MALS-26, the aviation logistics squadron that sustains MAG-26's tiltrotor and helicopter operations at MCAS New River.
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26 (MALS-26), the "Patriots," is the dedicated aviation logistics support squadron for Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. MALS-26 provides all intermediate-level maintenance, supply support, aviation ordnance, avionics repair, and aircraft component repair for MAG-26's tiltrotor and helicopter squadrons—including MV-22B Osprey, CH-53E Super Stallion, and other rotary-wing aircraft that form the assault support backbone of II Marine Expeditionary Force.
The Patriots' mission is essential to Marine Corps aviation readiness. Every flight that launches from MCAS New River depends on MALS-26's maintainers, ordnancemen, avionics technicians, and supply specialists to ensure aircraft are properly maintained, armed, and equipped. The squadron performs thousands of maintenance actions monthly, from engine component repair and avionics troubleshooting to ordnance build-up and supply chain management, sustaining one of the largest concentrations of Marine rotary-wing and tiltrotor aircraft on the East Coast.
MALS-26 deploys forward with MAG-26 squadrons, establishing expeditionary intermediate maintenance activities in austere environments to sustain aviation combat operations far from the established maintenance infrastructure of MCAS New River. The Patriots have supported every major Marine Corps deployment in recent decades, ensuring that MAG-26's aircraft maintain the highest possible readiness rates in combat zones. The "Patriots" identity reflects the squadron's commitment to the mission of supporting the warfighter—a fitting name for the logistics professionals who enable Marine aviation operations from Camp Lejeune to every forward operating base.
Perfect For: MALS-26 Patriots members and veterans, MAG-26 maintenance and supply personnel, 2nd MAW aviation logisticians, MCAS New River Marines, Marine Corps aviation maintenance professionals, and PVC patch collectors.
The Patriots of MALS-26—keeping MAG-26's Ospreys and Super Stallions flying from New River to every deployment, the logistics backbone that makes Marine aviation possible.
