John F. Posted March 25, 2020 #1 Posted March 25, 2020 Can anyone idnetify this patch? It was purchased in Dallas back in January of this year at a gun/militaria show. The patch measures approximately 2.5" inches (6.35cm) in diameter. The patches appears to depict a B-52 bomber flying above an ICBM. I am not sure if the orientation/position of the patch is correct. Thanks! John
joeclown Posted March 26, 2020 #2 Posted March 26, 2020 Don't know what it is but I think the chain has some sort of meaning of a link, top half looks like a tornado and bottom half a clear night with stars am still looking to see what I can find
John F. Posted March 26, 2020 Author #3 Posted March 26, 2020 JC, Thanks for the reply. I would imagine the chain represents some sort of restraint. Interesting, what you identified as a tornado (which it might be) I assumed was rising smoke. The blue, I see as the sky and the brown as the land with the white star bursts being explosions or maybe city lights.
Mark1 Posted March 26, 2020 #4 Posted March 26, 2020 This patch belongs to the 92nd Security Police Squadron. It looks like the bottom scroll was cut off the patch. Mark
gwb123 Posted March 26, 2020 #5 Posted March 26, 2020 It looks roughly like a peace sign. Not sure if that was intentional or not.
John F. Posted March 26, 2020 Author #6 Posted March 26, 2020 Hi Mark, Thanks for your time and help. The 92nd Security Police Sqdn is my childhood nemesis. When I was a kid, my dad was stationed at Fairchild AFB with the 325th Bomb Sqdn from 1972-76, and I got picked up by those SPs for throwing snowballs at car. Best, John
John F. Posted March 26, 2020 Author #7 Posted March 26, 2020 It looks roughly like a peace sign. Not sure if that was intentional or not. Probably not, since the 92nd SP Sqdn was assigned to a SAC Bomb Wing (92nd), and SACs motto was "Peace is our Profession".
gwb123 Posted March 26, 2020 #8 Posted March 26, 2020 It just made me think of this... there were a lot of novelty patches made this way. I am not sure if any actual units ever adopted the design.
Randy Posted March 27, 2020 #9 Posted March 27, 2020 Yes Gil, Barksdale guys have used variations of the one attached. A fairly popular design with them. Randy
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