Description: 11 BOMBARDMENT GROUP - 1948-1952 - CARSWELL AFB, TEXAS - COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA This is the real deal, sold as authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch You are buying/purchasing just one (1) patch, The First - (1st) patch listed is the patch you are getting/buying I do not sell any lot/lots of Items! Small Round Color Patch Condition is NEW NO GLUE on back of patch! Embroidered Patch with Cut Edge Patch Embroidered on Twill/Mess Unit 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 emblem has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 76 years Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970's After 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 1980's In 2007 USAF prohibited/suspended 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 Spice Brown/Subdued unit patches once again Group was operational from 1948 to 1952 Unit was stationed at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas Assigned: Attached to the 7th Bombardment Wing/Eight Air Force/Strategic Air Command (SAC) Emblem Approved: 11 June 1941 Nickname: Grey Geese - (World War-2) Era Motto: Progresso Sine Timore Aut Praejudicio, Latin for Fear or Prejudice Mascot: Grey Geese in flight Aircraft Tail Code: ? Operational Aircraft: - Convair B-36 Peacemaker - (1949-1957) Awards & Decorations: - Awarded One Distinguished Unit Citation - Awarded One Navy Presidential Unit Citation - WW-2 Campaign Streamers - Pacific - WW-2: - Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Air Offensive, Imperial Japan - Central Pacific - China Offensive - Eastern Mandates, (Marshall Islands), Pacific Ocean - Guadalcanal, Imperial Japan - Northern Solomons - Papua, New Guinea - Ryukyus Islands, Pacific Ocean - Southern Philippines - Western Pacific
Price: 399.95 USD
Location: San Antonio, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-20T06:20:25.000Z
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
