VMM-166 (REIN) 13th MEU ACE Jager Patch Backing:With Hook and Loop VF-24 flew the F-14A Tomcat

VF-24 flew the F-14A Tomcat in the fleet air defense and air superiority role

Operation Desert Storm began on January 17

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VMM-166 (REIN) 13th MEU ACE Jager Patch Backing:With Hook and Loop VF-24 flew the F-14A TomcatVMM 166 (REIN) 13th MEU ACE Jager Patch Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (VMM 166), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (VMM 166), the "Sea Elk," was activated on 13 September 1985 at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, California, and assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, making it the youngest CH 46 Sea Knight helicopter squadron in the Marine Corps. The squadron relocated to MCAS El Toro in 1995 and again to MCAS Miramar