Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA2619 AV-8B Harrier II Plus VMA-231 164562 CG-01, Cherry Point MCAS Havelock, May 2012.
USMC aviation can trace its beginning to 1912 with
VMA-231 beginning as 1st Division, Squadron
1 February 8, 1919. 1921 they became the First Air Squadron “Ace of Spades”.
The ace is the first card
in a suit, the A in the top left stands for Air and the S in the bottom right
stands for Squadron.
AV-8B
Harrier II 164562 first flew January 15, 1994 and was delivered to VMA-223 January 31, 1994 and
transferred to VMA-231. In 2012 the aircraft was painted to celebrate “Marine Aviation Centennial”.
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