Igor Sikorsky didn't just build helicopters — he created an entirely new way to wage war
• **Backing:** Hook & loop (Velcro) for uniform and display mounting
The "LS MF DS ND" text is the kind of inside shorthand that only the crews themselves fully understand — a hallmark of the unit's aggressive operational identity
and defend the bases that Marine air power depends on in some of the harshest environments imaginable
Marine Reserve helicopter aviators
Officially Licensed USMC Marine Aviation Control Squadron MACS-6 Patch Checkerboards Igor Sikorsky didn't just buildOfficially Licensed USMC Marine Aviation Control Squadron MACS 6 Patch Marine Air Control Squadron 6 (MACS 6), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, MCAS Cherry Point, officially licensed embroidered patch. Radar up, skies owned, threat neutralized the MACS 6 way from 1944 to 1998. Marine Air Control Squadron 6 traces its lineage to Air Warning Squadron 17, commissioned on August 10, 1944 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Redesignated