Official Italian Navy TH-73 Thrasher Patch VT-2 Blackbirds providing the infrastructure that allows

providing the infrastructure that allows Marine tactical aircraft to project power from forward locations

and engineering support that keeps Marine infantry and combat units operational in the field

The Fighting Omars fly against fleet aviators in dissimilar air combat training (DACT)

SOC-qualified Marines

Official Italian Navy TH-73 Thrasher Patch VT-2 Blackbirds providing the infrastructure that allowsOfficial Italian Navy TH 73 Thrasher Patch Italian student pilots earning their wings in American training helicopters NATO interoperability starts in the classroom. Italian Navy student pilots train alongside American counterparts in the U. S. military flight training program, flying the TH 73A Thrasher at NAS Whiting Field. This patch represents the Italian students in the rotary wing pipeline, building the allied interoperability that NATO depends