39 AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY WING -1969-1988 - EGLIN AFB + JOLLY GREEN RESCUE

Description

39 AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY WING - 1969-1988
- EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA + JOLLY GREEN RESCUE
- COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA!
This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes!
Color Patch
Condition
Pre-Owned
Has x4 Dabs of GLUE
on back of patch!
Unit emblem/patch 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 33 years
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
Wing was operational from 1969 to 1988, 19 years
Unit was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Assigned: Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Service (ARRS)/Military Airlift Command
Emblem Approved: 28 February 1955
Motto: Ready Able; Dedicated to Life & That Others May Live
Multiple Operational Aircraft:
- CH/HH-3
- CH/HH/MH-53
- HH-43
- UH-60 Black Hawk
- HC/MC-130 Hercules
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded Three U.S. Presidential Unit Citations
- Awarded Five Gallant Unit Citation
- Earned Meritorious Unit Award
- Awarded One Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat Valor
- Earned Nine Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
- Awarded One Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Campaign Streamers:
- World War-2
- India-Burma
- Central Burma