Official HMH-461 Iron Horse Flightline Qual Patches Carrier Air Wing deployed on every aircraft carrier

deployed on every aircraft carrier and supporting joint and coalition operations where electronic warfare is essential to mission success

VMM-164 Knightriders operate the MV-22B Osprey from MCAS Miramar

From its commissioning in 1952 at MCAS Cherry Point

part of the Alabama Air National Guard's 117th Air Refueling Wing at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base in Birmingham

and the irreverent spelling that became part of CH-46 culture

Official HMH-461 Iron Horse Flightline Qual Patches Carrier Air Wing deployed on every aircraft carrierOfficial HMH 461 Iron Horse Flightline Qual Patches Earned on the Line, Not in a Classroom If you haven't been on the HMH 461 flightline, you haven't earned this patch. HMH 461 "Ironhorse" is Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, founded on March 15, 1944, and currently based at MCAS New River under MAG 29 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The Ironhorses have been the Marine Corps' heavy lift backbone for decades, making history as the first Marine