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Official HMH-465 Warhorse UDP Shoulder Patch - Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 (HMH-465) Unit Deployment Program Embroidered Shoulder Patch, CH-53E Super Stallion, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
Warhorse heavy lift identity, Western Pacific forward presence, and the enduring mark of a squadron that has carried the mission from the Gulf War to Okinawa and beyond.
HMH-465, the Warhorse, was established on 1 December 1981 at MCAS Tustin as the first West Coast squadron to fly the CH-53E Super Stallion and the Marine Corps' second CH-53E squadron overall. Flying under the motto Take the Reins, the unit flew its first combat missions during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, providing heavy lift support for I Marine Expeditionary Force throughout the conflict. In 2003, the Warhorse formed the CH-53E element of Task Force 20 and participated in the rescue of PFC Jessica Lynch. UDP rotations to MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, under III Marine Expeditionary Force have defined much of the squadron's forward-deployed identity, with the first such rotation beginning in October 1991 and sustained deployments continuing across every decade since. Those rotations placed Warhorse crews and maintainers at the center of Western Pacific readiness, theater security cooperation, and allied exercises across the Asia-Pacific region. During UDP 19.1, HMH-465 executed the first F-35 Fixed Wing Forward Arming and Refueling Point operation from a CH-53, demonstrating the squadron's continued role in shaping how Marine aviation integrates new platforms and tactics in a forward environment.
Perfect For: HMH-465 veterans and alumni, CH-53E Super Stallion crew members and maintainers, Marine Aircraft Group 16 collectors, UDP Okinawa deployment keepsakes, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing patch boards, shadow boxes, reunion displays, challenge coin collections, Marine aviation historians, and family members who want a specific, researched tribute to the Warhorse's heavy lift legacy and forward-deployed service across decades of Marine Corps aviation history.
Warhorse lineage, stitched for the crews who moved the mission when the lift and the timing had to be right.
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