SAN ANTONIO AIR LOGISTICS CENTER - DIRECTORATE OF MAINTENANCE + KELLY AFB ERA

Description

SAN ANTONIO AIR LOGISTICS CENTER - 1943-2001
- DIRECTORATE OF MAINTENANCE
- QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION
- KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS
- COLD WAR + END OF AN 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!
Patch is made in the USA!
Patch Embroidered on Twill
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 21 years
Note#3: Kelly Air Force Base, Texas was an active duty installation from 1917 to 2001
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
Organization was operational from ? to 2001
Unit was stationed at Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio Texas
Assigned: Directorate of Maintenance/San Antonio Air Logistics Center/Air Force Material Command
Motto: Quality Is Strength
Aircraft Maintained - Multiple Aircraft Maintained:
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Bomber