31 (AIR) EXPEDITIONARY WING - AVIONO AIR BASE, ITALY + GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

Description

31 (AIR) EXPEDITIONARY WING
- AVIANO AIR BASE, ITALY
- POST COLD WAR + GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ERA!
This is the real deal, sold as authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fake!
Color Patch
Condition is
NEW
NO GLUE
on back of patch!
Has manufacture plastic on back for protection
Unit emblem certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)
Note#1: Attached are color images for information purposes only, free on the NET!
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/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 subdued unit patches once again
Wing was operational from 1999 to ?
Unit was stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy
Assigned: 16th Air Force/United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Operational Aircraft: - Multiple
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Earned One Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Operation Allied Force - 24 May 1999 to 10 June 1999
- The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's military
operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) during the Kosovo War
The United States called Operation Allied Force, Operation Noble Anvil
Operation Deliberate Guardian: 12 June 1999 to ?
- The NATO led KFOR (Kosovo Force) deployed into Kosovo to implement the
peace settlement, which included the Military Technical Agreement signed
by Serbia & the undertaking by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to demilitarize
& transform itself. KFOR's mission was to establish a military presence, deter
renewed hostilities, verify & if necessary enforce the terms of internally displaced
persons (IDPs) & refugees & international organizations, provide immediate basic
life support to IDPs in Kosovo, provide initial basic civil administration & other non-
military functions pending the arrival of international organizations & control the
borders of the FRY in Kosovo with Albania & FYROM. On 28 April 2005, the KFOR
operation became part of OPLAN 10501 Joint Enterprise for the Entire Balkan
Operations Area
- Operation Noble Anvil: 24 March 10 June 1999 (78 Days)
The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force
wear-as the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation *NATO) carried out an aerial
bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during
the Kosovo Was. The bombings continued until an agreement was
reached that led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav armed forces from
Kosovo, & the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo, a UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo