128 BOMB SQUADRON - 1996-2002 - "GEORGIA - HEAVY METAL" + GEORGIA AIR GARD ERA

Description

128 BOMB SQUADRON - 1996-2002 - "GEORGIA - HEAVY METAL"
- GEORGIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
-  POST COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA!
This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes!
Color Patch
Condition is
NEW
NO GLUE
on back of patch!
Unit emblem/patch 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 19 years
Note#3: I picked up this squadron patch while on active duty with the USAF
Note#4: I purchased this patch from a longtime patch collector whom
had been collecting for 50 years, refereed to as the Holy Grail Patch Collection
Note#5: Black light pictures Included!
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
Squadron was operational from 1996 to 2002, 6 years
Unit was stationed at Robins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
Assigned: 116th Operations Group/116th Bomb Wing/Georgia Air National Guard
Emblem Approved: 12 January 1944
Nickname: Heavy Metal
Wing Motto: Vincet Amor Patriae, Latin for Love of Country Shall Conquer
Operational Aircraft: Rockwell B-1B Lancer Bomber
Aircraft Tail Code: "GA"
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citations
- Earned 10 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Engagements:
- World War-2
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Operation Desert Storm
- Kosovo
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
Historical Note: the 28th Bomb Squadron dates back 100+ years; being organized
as the 840th Aero Squadron on 1 Feb. 1918 - Demobilized, March 1919
128th Observation Squadron activated 30 July 1940
840th Aero Squadron reconstituted & consolidated with the 128th Observation
Squadron in 1944.