{"product_id":"officially-licensed-us-navy-vt-35-stingrays-squadron-coin","title":"Officially Licensed US Navy VT-35 Stingrays Squadron Coin with T-54 Marlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficially Licensed US Navy VT-35 Stingrays squadron challenge coin featuring the T-54A Marlin II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVT-35 Stingrays — advanced multi-engine training in the new T-54A Marlin II, on a coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTraining Squadron 35 (VT-35), the \"Stingrays,\" is the U.S. Navy's advanced multi-engine maritime training squadron based at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, under Training Air Wing FOUR (TW-4). VT-35 trains the Student Naval Aviators destined for the maritime patrol (P-8A Poseidon), C-130 \/ KC-130, E-6B Mercury, and E-2\/C-2\/EC-2\/E-2D Advanced Hawkeye communities — the multi-engine pipeline graduates who go on to fly the Navy's largest manned aircraft. The squadron transitioned to the new Beechcraft T-54A Marlin II — a militarized variant of the King Air 260 — as its primary advanced multi-engine training platform, replacing the long-serving T-44C Pegasus. The T-54A brings glass-cockpit avionics, modern instrument procedures training, and FAA Part 23 commercial reliability to the multi-engine syllabus. This challenge coin features the T-54A Marlin II on the obverse and the VT-35 Stingrays squadron heraldry on the reverse — a heavy, struck-metal coin with the heft, edge, and finish that define a real fleet-quality challenge coin, perfect for handing off after a milestone solo, a winging ceremony, or a final flight. Made for a coin check, made for a shadow box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: VT-35 Stingrays Student Naval Aviators and instructor pilots, T-54A Marlin II pilots and maintainers, T-44C Pegasus heritage trainers, TW-4 NAS Corpus Christi personnel, multi-engine pipeline winging ceremony attendees, P-8 \/ C-130 \/ E-6 \/ E-2 community future operators, and Naval Air Training Command challenge coin collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVT-35 Stingrays coin — T-54A Marlin II, multi-engine, ready for the coin check.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038338408557,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/2Coin_1.png?v=1775684492","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/officially-licensed-us-navy-vt-35-stingrays-squadron-coin","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}