This is the “red” version of the “Hover Cover” series of patches for HMLA-367. They are attached to MAG-39 located at MCAS Camp Pendleton. Their lineage is from VMO-351 (1943), then redesignated as VMO-3, 15 Jan 1944, then deactivated 20 August 1949. They were reactivated as VMO-3, 1 August 1966 and changed to HML-367, 24 March 1968. They were redesignated HMLA-367, 1 January 1988. This unit is a highly decorated unit from Vietnam to present with involvement from Southeast Asia Evac, April 1975 to the Operation Restore Hope – Somalia. This patch was created for a detachment “Down Under” and says “Hover Cover, Down Under” showing the Cobra-head of their mascot.
