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NATIONAL EMERGENCY AIRBORNE COMMAND POST - NIGHT WATCH + SAC COLD WAR ERA

$ 18.98

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Force: Air Force
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: New
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Modified Item: No
  • Type: USAF Patch

    Description

    NATIONAL EMERGENCY AIRBORNE COMMAND POST
    - BOEING E-4 ADVANCED AIRBORNE COMMAND POST
    - COLD WAR - NIGHT WATCH + SAC END OF AN ERA!
    Color Patch
    Condition is NEW
    NO 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!
    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
    Command Post was operational from 1974 to 1998
    Unit was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
    Assigned: 1st Airborne Command & Control Squadron/55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
    /8th Air Force/Strategic Air Command
    Nickname: Nightwatch
    Operational Aircraft: Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), "Nightwatch" aircraft.
    The E-4 series are specially modified from the Boeing 747-200B model series.
    The four E-4Bs are operated by the 1st Airborne Command & Control Squadron
    located at Offutt AFB.
    A Boeing E-4B aircraft when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center" (NAOC)
    One E-4B Nightwatch aircraft was kept on continuous flying alert during Operation
    Looking Glass from 1974 to 1998