2000 Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX1 High Polish Zippo Lighter

2000 Marine Presidential Helicopter Squadron Zippo Lighter

This lighter is a great example of a military special unit. The lighter is high=polish with the unit seal on it. It is unfired, mint in box, with the orange seal intact on the reverse. the lighter has no blemishes and is Gem Mint 100 condition. 

Great piece for a military, marine, or presidential Zippo collector. 

Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice president of the United States, heads of state, Department of Defense officials, and other VIPs as directed by the Marine Corps and White House Military Office. A Marine helicopter with the president aboard uses the call sign "Marine One". Previously, HMX-1 was also tasked with operational test and evaluation (OT&E). This task was reassigned to VMX-1 in Yuma, Arizona; since the contract award of the new presidential helicopter in 2014 to Sikorsky Aircraft, however, HMX-1 has assumed the temporary role of OT&E for this platform, because of its unique nature and mission. The VH-92A first flew in 2017 and is expected to be operational in 2020. Nicknamed "Nighthawks", HMX-1 is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Virginia, and maintains detachments at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling in Washington, D.C. and Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility in Maryland.