ALLIED AIR FORCES CENTRAL EUROPE - AIRCENT - 1993-2000 + RAMSTEIN AIR BASE

Description

ALLIED AIR  FORCES CENTRAL EUROPE - AIRCENT - 1993-2000
- RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY
- 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!
Has manufacture plastic on back for protection
Unit emblem/patch 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 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
Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE) History:
During the early 1990s, following the relaxation of the tensions between East & West,
a major reorganization of the NATO command & control structure was undertaken.
As part of this, & to take account of the decrease in the number of allied aircraft in
Europe, a rationalization of the Central Region air force headquarters occured in 1993
with the disbandment of 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force (2ATAF), 4th ATAF on 30 June 1993
& AAFCE absorbing the functions previously undertaken by the ATAFs.
The new command was inaugurated on 1 June 1993 retaining the name of Allied Air
Forces Central Europe, but with a change in acronym to AIRCENT.
The command was redesignated Component Command-Air Headquarters Ramstein
in 2004, Allied Air Command, Ramstein in 2010 & Allied Air Command in 2013.