Description: AUTHENTIC MILITARY PATCH. Gently used, in very good condition. Embroidered fabric sew-on patch. Insignia: Features Flaming RED Chess Knight Horse in Dark Blue Triangle containing a chess board of blue/black squares. Triangle is contained in a circle of olive green with copper embroidered border.Above horse head reads, "RED HORSE" in copper embroidery against olive background. Below horse head reads "823d CIVIL ENGINEERING SQ". Colors: Background (OLIVE); Chessboard, center triangle (DARK BLUE/BLACK); Horse (RED); All framed in copper embroidered border. Patch was part of a militaria collection of retired military hero in Tucson AZ. THIS ITEM MEASURES 4" HIGH X 3 1/2 IN. WIDE (AT WIDEST POINT). About the 823rd RED HORSE SQ from wikipedia: Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) squadrons are the United States Air Force's heavy-construction units. Their combat engineering capabilities are similar to those of the U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S. Army heavy-construction organizations. In the Vietnam War, Air Force "Prime BEEF" ("PRIMary Base Engineer Emergency Force") teams filled a need for short-term construction capabilities. However, the Air Force needed a stable and longer-term heavy-repair capability. The response was to organize two, 400-man (12 officers and 388 airmen) heavy-repair squadrons.[2] RED HORSE units activated in 1966 when Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara asked the Air Force to develop its own combat construction team. RED HORSE squadrons provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineering response force to support contingency and special operations worldwide. Units are self-sufficient, 404-person mobile squadrons, capable of rapid response and independent operations in remote, high-threat environments worldwide. They provide heavy-repair capability and construction support when requirements exceed normal base civil engineer (Prime BEEF) capabilities and where U.S. Army engineer support is not readily available. RED HORSE units possess weapons, vehicles/equipment and vehicle maintenance, food service, emergency management (CBRN passive defense and Counter-WMD operations), comptroller, contracting, supply and medical equipment and personnel. RED HORSE's major wartime responsibility is to provide a highly mobile, rapidly deployable, civil engineering response force that is self-sufficient to perform heavy damage repair required for recovery of critical Air Force facilities and utility systems, and aircraft launch and recovery.
Price: 10.79 USD
Location: Tucson, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-30T11:07:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Theme: Militaria
Time Period Manufactured: 1965-1980
