This is the small desert version of the squadron patch for HMLA-169. They are attached to MAG-39 located at MCAS Camp Pendleton. They are a “long time” West coast “Float Squadron” doing multiple deployments. They were activated 30 September 1971 as HMA-169, then redesignated HMLA-169, 1 October 1986. They are a very decorated unit, with operations from Desert Shield/Desert Storm to Operation Sea Angel, Bangladesh, May 1991.
