Official MALS-39 Hound Pups Patches VA-892 forward-looking infrared

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spending months underwater in cramped conditions

Redesignated VMO-2 in February 1944 and attached to the 2nd Marine Division in Hawaii

Old Buzzards — the Navy's most secretive patrol squadron

making naval aviation history as a transition pioneer

Official MALS-39 Hound Pups Patches VA-892 forward-looking infraredOfficial MALS 39 Hound Pups Patches Hellhound Maintenance Support The Hound Pups of MALS 39 keep Marine aviation maintenance running in the western Pacific. These embroidered patches represent Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39 (MALS 39), the Hellhounds, known affectionately as the Hound Pups. MALS 39 provides intermediate level maintenance, supply support, and aviation logistics for Marine aircraft groups. The Hound Pups keep aircraft flying by