Officially Licensed USMC 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft SMASH The Sharkfins — VMCJ-3's electronic

The Sharkfins — VMCJ-3's electronic warfare and reconnaissance identity

Louisiana waterways

but its pilots remain legends in the rotary-wing community

Pegasus in the desert — HMH-463 during Operation Desert Storm

flying into contested landing zones and extracting wounded Marines under fire

Officially Licensed USMC 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft SMASH The Sharkfins — VMCJ-3's electronic3rd Light Anti Aircraft USMC Embroidered Patch 3rd LAAD West Coast Ground Air Defense The 3rd LAAD stands ready at Camp Pendleton, armed with Stinger missiles and modern air defense systems, protecting the MAGTF from the ever evolving low altitude air threat. This officially licensed patch represents the Marines who kill the enemy before they can reach their targets. 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion provides close in, low altitude surface to air