CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - 1959-1993 - CHANUTE AFB, ILLINOIS + COLD WAR for Sale

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CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - 1959-1993 - CHANUTE AFB, ILLINOIS + COLD WAR For Sale

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CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - 1959-1993 - CHANUTE AFB, ILLINOIS + COLD WAR:
$55.95

CHANUTE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - 1959-1993
- CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS
- 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!You are buying/purchasing just one (1) patch, The First - (1st) patch listed is the patch you are getting/buying
I do not sell any lot/lots of Items!Subdued Patch
Condition is NEW
NO GLUE on back of patch!100% Fully Embroidered Patch with Cut Edge
Has manufacture plastic on back for protection
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 30 years
Note#4: Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois was an active duty installation form 1917 to 1993Color 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 againCenter was operational from 1 January 1959 to September 1993, 34 years
Unit was stationed at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois
Assigned: Air Training Command (ATC)
Emblem Approved: 1929
Motto: Sustineo Alas, Latin for I Sustain the Wings
Awards & Decorations:
- Earned One Air Force Outstanding Unit AwardsHistory:
Chanute Field was named in honor of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), a pioneer aeronautical
engineer & experimenter, & friends & advisor to the Wright Brothers.