{"product_id":"official-vmm-362-ugly-angels-cr-af-26-2-pvc-patch","title":"Official VMM-362 Ugly Angels CR-AF 26.2 PVC Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial VMM-362 Ugly Angels CR-AF 26.2 PVC Patch - Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 (VMM-362) SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa Rotation 26.2 MV-22B Osprey PVC Patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSemper Malus — Always Ugly — the Ugly Angels carry more than seven decades of Marine assault support heritage into every crisis-response rotation they fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVMM-362 traces its lineage to 1952 and earned its enduring Ugly Angels callsign under Lieutenant Colonel Archie Clapp, whose crews flew UH-34D helicopters as the first Marine aircraft unit to deploy to Vietnam during Operation Shufly in April 1962. The squadron served through Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Uphold Democracy, Iraq, and Afghanistan before being deactivated in 2012. It was reactivated on 17 August 2018 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, this time flying the MV-22B Osprey as part of Marine Aircraft Group 16 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The CR-AF 26.2 designation on this patch marks a specific rotation with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, a forward-deployed rapid-response force based at Moron Air Base, Spain, and allocated to U.S. Africa Command. SPMAGTF-CR-AF conducts crisis response, embassy reinforcement, theater security cooperation, and military-to-military training across Europe and Africa, with VMM-362 Ospreys providing the assault support backbone that makes rapid continental reach possible. The PVC format captures the unit emblem with sharp color retention and field-ready durability, making it equally at home on a flight-line bag, a patch panel, or a shadow box display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: VMM-362 veterans and active-duty crew members, SPMAGTF-CR-AF rotation alumni, MV-22B Osprey maintainers and aircrew, Marine Aircraft Group 16 and 3rd MAW collectors, MCAS Miramar unit-history displays, Africa Command and MARFOREUR-AF supporters, shadow boxes, challenge coin and patch boards, deployment keepsakes, reunion gifts, and anyone building a serious Marine aviation collection around tiltrotor assault support and crisis-response heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUgly Angels lineage, one rotation at a time — from Shufly to the Osprey, from Miramar to Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45349575360621,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/4Patch_34_f213583e-e749-458a-a3f1-7eabfb7ac344.png?v=1781704440","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/official-vmm-362-ugly-angels-cr-af-26-2-pvc-patch","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}