Officially Licensed US Navy HM-12 Sea Dragons Patches Color:Original Yellow Banner transitioning from the venerable P-3C

transitioning from the venerable P-3C Orion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon — a 737-based platform that revolutionized the maritime patrol and reconnaissance mission with advanced sensors

and vintage USMC dive bomber squadron patch collectors

and since 1982 have trained alongside the USMC in the annual Cobra Gold exercise — one of the largest multinational military exercises in the Indo-Pacific

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Officially Licensed US Navy HM-12 Sea Dragons Patches Color:Original Yellow Banner transitioning from the venerable P-3COfficially Licensed US Navy HM 12 Sea Dragons Patches Airborne Mine Countermeasures Legends The Sea Dragons of HM 12 cleared the seas of mines using CH 53s one of the most dangerous missions in naval aviation. Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM 12), the Sea Dragons, operated the CH 53 Sea Stallion and later the MH 53E Sea Dragon in the airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) role. HM 12 was a pioneer in the development of helicopter based