1 AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - 1991-1993 - OFFUTT AFB + SAC END OF AN ERA!

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1 AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - 1991-1993
- OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA
- COLD WAR + SAC END OF AN ERA!
This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes!
Subdued Patch
Pre-Owned
, has ink writing on back of patch
Patch is made in the USA!
Unit emblem certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)
Note#1: Attached are color images for comparison purposes only!
Note#2: The unit emblem has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 27 years
Note#3: The 1st. Communications Group & Wing has existed since 1960
Note#4: Strategic Air Command was a USAF Major & Unified Command(SAC) 1947-1991
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 unit patches once again
Group was operational from 1991
Unit was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Assigned: Strategic Communications Division/Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Emblem Approved 1960
Motto: 'VOX DUCIS', Latin for 'Voice of the Commander'
Operations: The 1st. Aerospace Communications Group maintained cryptologic
communications for the Strategic Air Command Airborne Command Post; the
Nightwatch E-4/A/B flying command post
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Earned 21 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Operations:
Monitored the world-wide communications networks for Strategic Air Command
& supported the SAC underground & airborne command posts.
Maintained crypto communication teams for the SAC Airborne Command Post; the Nightwatch/Looking Glass E-4B Boeing flying command post aircraft