545 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON - 1955-1964 - LITTLE ROCK AFB- COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA

Description

545 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON - 1955-1964
- LITTLE ROCK AFB, ARKANSAS
- COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA!
This patch is a REPRODUCTION, not an original period patch!
Color Patch
Condition is
Pre-Owned
NO GLUE
on back of patch!
Patch is made in the Vietnam!
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 56 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/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 1955 to 1964
Unit was stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
Assigned: 384th Bombardment Wing/8th Air Force/Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Emblem Approved: ?
Nickname: ?
Motto: ?
Operational Aircraft: Boeing B-47 Stratojet Bomber
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citation - WW-2
- Earned One Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Campaign Streamer - WW-2:
- Air Offensive, Europe
- Air Combat, EAME Theater
- Normandy, France
- Northern France
- Rhineland, Germany
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Centeral Europe