Official VMFA-312 Epic Fury Deployment Patches - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312) Checkerboards Operation Epic Fury F/A-18C Hornet Embroidered Deployment Patch.
Checkerboards fury, forward-deployed and fight-ready, carrying eight decades of Marine fighter heritage into the CENTCOM theater.
VMFA-312, the Checkerboards, was commissioned on June 1, 1943, at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina, and flew its first combat missions over Okinawa in World War II. The squadron went on to serve in Korea flying F4U Corsairs, transitioned through the F-4 Phantom II for more than twenty years, and redesignated as a fighter attack squadron at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, where it falls under Marine Aircraft Group 31 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The Checkerboards adopted the F/A-18C Hornet and carried their motto, Fight's On, through deployments that included Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and Operation Epic Fury, a CENTCOM-area deployment that moved the squadron's Hornets forward in support of regional operations. That deployment identity gives this embroidered patch a specific, time-stamped place in the Checkerboards' long operational record, separating it from a standard squadron crest and connecting it directly to the crews, maintainers, and support personnel who made the Epic Fury movement happen. The embroidered format holds the design cleanly on flight-line gear, deployment bags, shadow boxes, and patch display panels without losing the unit character that makes Marine aviation deployment patches worth collecting.
Perfect For: VMFA-312 Checkerboards veterans and alumni, F/A-18 Hornet aircrew and maintainers, Operation Epic Fury participants, MAG-31 and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing collectors, MCAS Beaufort community members, Marine aviation historians, deployment keepsake displays, shadow boxes, challenge coin and patch boards, reunion gifts, and anyone building a unit-history collection around Marine fighter attack heritage and CENTCOM-era operations. It is also a meaningful tribute piece for families and supporters who want a specific deployment marker rather than a generic squadron souvenir.
Checkerboards heritage, stitched in thread, locked to the deployment, and built to last on any board worth building.
