Official VMM-262 Smoking Tiger PVC with Flags Patch Semper Paratus The ship earned distinction across

The ship earned distinction across three major conflicts — World War II in the Pacific

The Hawks' lineage connects to the broader history of Marine attack aviation that spans from World War II dive bombers through the jet age and into the precision-strike era

First boots on Vietnamese soil — and they held the line

KhaiCo Vu's artwork captures the Kiowa's spirit in a way that photographs cannot — distilling decades of service

Official VMM-262 Smoking Tiger PVC with Flags Patch Semper Paratus The ship earned distinction acrossOfficial VMM 262 Smoking Tiger PVC with Flags Patch Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 Flying Tigers Smoking Tiger PVC Patch with National Flags Smoking Tiger VMM 262 flies with allied flags. This VMM 262 "Flying Tigers" Smoking Tiger PVC patch features the squadron's distinctive tiger mascot alongside national flags, representing the multinational partnerships and allied cooperation that define VMM 262's forward deployed mission in the Western