VMU-3 V-Bat Wing Shoulder Patches Carrier Air Wing VMM squadron Marines

VMM squadron Marines

using the Intruder's advanced avionics to navigate and bomb through weather conditions that grounded every other tactical aircraft

and shared the same dangers as every Marine in the squad

Where Harrier pilots were made

The "Phantom Phixer" identity belongs to the Marine Corps maintainers who worked on the F-4 Phantom II — an aircraft that demanded exceptional technical skill and dedication to keep mission-ready

VMU-3 V-Bat Wing Shoulder Patches Carrier Air Wing VMM squadron MarinesVMU 3 V Bat Wing Shoulder Patches The Phantoms See Everything Because the future of Marine aviation doesn't need a cockpit and VMU 3 is proving it. VMU 3, the Phantoms, is a Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron now operating the MQ 9A Reaper out of MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, under MAG 24 and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Activated in September 2008 at Twentynine Palms, California, the Phantoms deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan where they flew