Official CTF-172 RIMPAC 2026 Patch - Combined Task Force 172 Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Component, Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2026 Official Embroidered Patch.Multi-nation maritime patrol identity, stitched into one emblem for the crews who own the airspace above the world's largest international exercise.Combined Task Force 172 serves as the maritime patrol and reconnaissance command for RIMPAC, bringing together P-8 Poseidon and patrol aircraft crews from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, and partner nations under a single combined air operations structure headquartered at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The task force coordinates anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions across the full exercise battlespace, supporting carrier strike groups, amphibious forces, and multinational surface units throughout the exercise. RIMPAC 2026 marks the 30th iteration of the biennial exercise, running June 24 to July 31 in and around the Hawaiian Islands with 31 participating nations, approximately 40 surface ships, five submarines, 140 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel. The exercise theme, Partners: Integrated and Prepared, reflects exactly the kind of coalition airspace management that CTF-172 executes each iteration. A patch from this exercise captures a specific moment in that long multinational story, making it a meaningful piece for anyone who flew, maintained, planned, or supported the MPR mission during the 2026 edition.Perfect for Navy and allied maritime patrol aircrew, P-8 Poseidon and patrol aircraft veterans, CTF-172 alumni, RIMPAC participants from any partner nation, squadron maintainers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing TWO supporters, shadow box builders, challenge coin and patch board collectors, and anyone preserving the story of multinational maritime airpower and coalition interoperability in the Indo-Pacific. It also works as a reunion keepsake or deployment memento for families and supporters who want a clean, exercise-specific piece tied to real operations rather than generic aviation memorabilia.Coalition airpower, thirty exercises deep, stitched for the crews who kept the seas watched.
