32 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON (USAFE) - 1969-1994 + SOESTERBERG AB, NETHERLANDS

Description: 32 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON (USAFE) - 1969-1994 - SOESTERBERG AIR BASE, NETHERLANDS - CLOSED - COLD WAR - F-15 EAGLES + END OF AN ERA This is the real deal, sold as authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch NOT 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/buying I do not sell any lot/lots of Items! Small Color Patch Condition is USED NO GLUE on back of patch!100% Fully Embroidered Patch with Cut Edge Unit emblem/patch certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH) Note#1: Attached are color images for comparison purposes only, free on the NET! Note#2: The unit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 31 years Note#3: Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands was an active duty installation from 1954 to 2008, 44 years Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970s 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 1980s In 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 Tac Fighter Squadron was operational from 1969 to 1994, 25 years Fighter Interceptor Squadron was operational from 1959 to 1969, 10 years Unit was stationed at Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands Assigned: 32nd Tactical Fighter Group/17th Air Force /United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) Squadron Emblem Approved: 16 May 1969 Squadron Nickname: Wolfhounds Motto: Honor, Courage, and Vigilance Aircraft Tail Codes: CR Operational Aircraft: - McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, (1978-1994)- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom-2 - (1969-1978) - Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, (1960-1969)Unit Awards & Decorations: - Awarded One U.S. Presidential Unit Citation - WW-2 - Earned Six Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards EMBLEM: To indicate the squadron's association with the Dutch, the squadron patch was superimposed inside a wreath and crown device during 1959. The crown symbolized royalty, & the wreath with oranges represented an orange tree — the traditional symbol of the Dutch Royal Family (the House of Orange). An official application to adopt the crest as the unit's official insignia was sent to President Dwight D. Eisenhower who approved the insignia. The squadron was later referred to as the first "Royal United States Squadron" in the world. A motto — Honor, Courage, and Vigilance — was adopted some fourteen years later on 16 May 1969. ORIGINAL EMBLEM: 32nd Fighter Squadron emblem: On a light turquoise blue disc, border light yelloworange, edged black, a caricatured, brown & white. The Wolfhounds insignia was designed by the Walt Disney Studios during World War II to symbolize the squadrons mission of searching for enemy submarines operating in groups called "wolfpacks" in the Caribbean, approved 2 August 1945.

Price: 41 USD

Location: San Antonio, Texas

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