510 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON - 1978-1991 - RAF BENTWATERS, ENGLAND + COLD WAR for Sale

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510 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON - 1978-1991 - RAF BENTWATERS, ENGLAND + COLD WAR For Sale

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510 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON - 1978-1991 - RAF BENTWATERS, ENGLAND + COLD WAR :
$34.95

510 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON - 1978-1991
- RAF BENTWATERS, ENGLAND
- COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA!This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fake!Color Patch
Condition is Pre-Owned, 510 TFS in Black Marker on back of patch
NO GLUE on back of patch!
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 31 years
Note#3: I purchased this patch from a longtime patch collector whom
had been collecting for 55+ years, refereed to as the Holy Grail Patch Collection
Note#4: Black light picture Included!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 JacketsSubdued 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 againSquadron was operational from 1978 to 1991
Unit was stationed at Royal Air Force Base, Bentwaters, England
Assigned: 81st Tactical Fighter Wing/3rd Air Force/United States Air Forces in Europe
Emblem Approved: 14 February 1957
Nickname: Buzzards
Motto: Buzzards Rule
Operational Aircraft:
- A-10A Thunderbolt-2 Tank Killer - (1979-1994)
- F-16 Fighting Falcon - (1994-Present)
Aircraft Tail Code: WR
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Awarded One Distinguished Unit Citation - WW-2
- Awarded Two U.S. Presidential Unit Citations - Vietnam
- Awarded Two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat Valor
- Earned 14 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
- Awarded Two Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses with Palm
Campaign Streamers - WW-2:
- Air Offensive, Europe
- Normandy, France
- Northern France
- Rhineland, Germany
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Air Combat, EAME Theater
Campaign Streamers - Vietnam:
- Vietnam Defense
- Vietnam Air
- Vietnam Air Offensive
- Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase-2
- Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase-3
- Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase-4
- Vietnam Air/Ground
- 1969 TET Offensive/Counter Offensive
- Vietnam Summer-Fall, 1969
- Vietnam Winter-Spring, 1970
Campaign Streamers:
- Kosovo Air Campaign
- Consolidation-3 - 2006-2011
- Iraqi Governance - 2004-2005
- Iraqi Surge - 2007-2008