38 RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON - HIGH ON THE HOG - OFFUTT AFB + RC-135 RIVET JOINT

Description

38 RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON - HIGH ON THE HOG - MB
- OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA
- POST COLD WAR + GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ERA!
This is the real deal, authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fake!
Morale 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
Squadron is operational from 1991
Unit is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Assigned: 55th Operations Group/55th Wing/16th Air Force/Air Combat Command (ACC)
Emblem Approved: 3 March 1942, reinstated on 22 February 1994
Nickname: Hellcat
Motto: Ducimus Ceteri Sequuntur, Latin for We Lead, Others Follow
Operational Aircraft:
- Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint - Reconnaissance
Aircraft Tail Code: OF
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citation - World War-2
- Awarded 10 Meritorious Unit Awards
- Earned 13 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Service Streamers: World War-2 American Theater
Campaign Streamers - World War-2:
- Air Offensive, Europe
- Normandy, France
- Northern France
- Rhineland, Germany
- Ardennes-Alsace, France
- Central Europe
- Air Combat, EAME Theater
Campaign Streamers - Southwest Asia:
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation & Defense of Kuwait
- Cease Fire Campaign
- Global War on Terrorism