Official VMGR-252 95th Anniversary Coin — The Oldest Squadron Still Filling Tanks
Ninety-five years of keeping the Corps fueled and flying. Nobody does it longer.
VMGR-252 "Otis" is a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron flying the KC-130J Super Hercules out of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina under MAG-14 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. With the distinction of being the oldest continually active squadron in the entire Marine Corps — formed on June 1, 1928, as Headquarters Detachment 7M in San Diego — VMGR-252 has been there for every chapter of Marine aviation history. The squadron saw action in World War II at Pearl Harbor, the Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. During Desert Storm, they provided over 10 million pounds of fuel to strike aircraft across 937 combat sorties. In December 1965, the KC-130 performed the first-ever helicopter aerial refueling. In 1988, VMGR-252 surpassed 300,000 accident-free flight hours — the most of any squadron in the Marine Corps and Navy. This 95th anniversary coin celebrates a squadron that's been operational since before the Great Depression and shows no signs of slowing down.
Perfect For: VMGR-252 Otis Marines past and present, KC-130J Hercules crews, MCAS Cherry Point squadrons, MAG-14 and 2nd MAW personnel, and anyone who respects a squadron older than most countries.
VMGR-252 — 95 years of keeping the fight alive.
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