Description: 492 TFS - MAD HATTERS - RED FLAG 1989- NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA- COLD WAR + F-111 END OF AN ERA This is the real deal, sold as authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patchNOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fake! You are buying/purchasing just one (1) patch, The First - (1st) patch listed is the patch you are getting/buyingI do not sell any lot/lots of Items! Morale Color PatchCondition is NEWNO GLUE on back of patch!100% Fully Embroidered Patch with Merrowed EdgeUnit emblem certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)Note#1: Attached are color images for information purposes only, free on the NET!Note#2: The unit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 36 yearsNote#3: Exercise Red Flag is a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercises heldseveral times a year at Nellis Air Force Base Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970sAfter mid 1985 Color patches were worn only on Duty Flight Suites & Flight Jackets Subdued unit patches started appearing on USAF utility uniforms during the early 1980sIn 2007 USAF prohibited unit patches on the Airman Battle Uniforms (ABU) As of 2018 the USAF has adopted the U.S. Army Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP)Uniform, authorizing subdued unit patches once again Squadron was/is operational from 1958 to 1991 Unit is stationed at Royal Air Force Station/Base Lakenheath, England-UKAssigned: 48th Tactical Fighter Wing/3rd Air Force/United States Air Forces in EuropeEmblem Approved: Modified 1993 (Falcon facing right)Nickname: Bolars & Mad-HattersMascot: Kestrel, a type of FalconMotto: ?Operational Aircraft: - General Dynamics F-111F Aardvars - (1977-1992)- McDonnell-Douglas (Now Boeing) F-15-C/D - (1993-2022)Operational Aircraft Code: "LN"Unit Awards & Decorations:- Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citations- Earned 14 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards- Earned One U.S. Navy Meritorious Unit CommendationCampaign Streamers - World War-2- Antisubmarine, American Theater- Air Offensive, Europe- Normandy, France- Northern France- Rhineland, Germany- Ardennes-Alsace- Central Europe- Air Combat, EAME TheaterCampaign Streamers: Post Cold War- Defense of Saudi Arabia- Liberation & Defense of Kuwait- Cease Fire Campaign- Kosovo Air Campaign
Price: 42.95 USD
Location: San Antonio, Texas
End Time: 2024-11-20T06:10:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: USAF Patch
Force: Air Force
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Modified Item: No
