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533 STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON -1962-1985 - McCONNELL AFB, KANSAS + COLD WAR

$ 17.92

Availability: 27 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: USAF Patch
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Force: Air Force
  • Condition: Pre-Owned, has minor dabs of GLUE on back of patch
  • Modified Item: No
  • Theme: Militaria

    Description

    533 STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON -1962-1985
    - McCONNELL AFB, KANSAS
    - COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA!
    This is the real deal, authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch
    NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fake!
    Color Patch
    Condition is
    Pre-Owned
    , but like NEW
    Has minor dabs of
    GLUE
    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 information purposes only, free on the NET!
    Note#2: The unit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 36 years
    Note#3: 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#4: 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/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 was operational from 1965 to 1985
    Unit was is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
    Assigned: 381st Strategic Missile Wing/19th Air Division
    /8th Air Force/Strategic Air Command (SAC)
    Emblem Approved: 13 November 1963
    Nickname: ?
    Motto: :
    Operational Weapon System:
    - LGM-25C Titan-2 - (1962-1986)
    Unit Awards & Decorations:
    - Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citations - WW-2
    - Earned Five Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
    Campaign Streamers - WW-2:
    - Air Offensive, Europe
    - Air Combat, EAME Theater
    - Normandy, France
    - Northern France
    - Central Europe
    - Rhineland, Germany
    - Ardennes-Alsace, France
    - Central Europe