Patchcollector Posted February 22, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 22, 2014 Greetings all,I was looking through some old photos I took of some patches from my collection awhile back and found this one.It is for the 56th FMS A/R Shop Crash Recovery Team that was based at Nakhon Phanom AB,located in Thailand on the border with Laos.One of the more difficult maintenance pieces to find.I'm not sure where this one was made,if anyone can tell,please let me know.Thanks! These guys did a lot of work for the Air Commandos during the Vietnam war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted February 22, 2014 Back view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted February 23, 2014 Here's a photo of the units' sign on base in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted February 24, 2014 Here's a pic of "Big Mo",the crane shown on the sign above.It was used to lift and carry the crashed Aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 24, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 24, 2016 Cool patch. I assume 'AR' is for aircraft recovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted February 16, 2017 Cool patch. I assume 'AR' is for aircraft recovery? Yes I believe so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted February 16, 2017 Share #7 Posted February 16, 2017 Pretty cool patch! AR also means Aero Repair. They are the heavy duty structural repair folks. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted February 16, 2017 Share #8 Posted February 16, 2017 Pretty cool patch! AR also means Aero Repair. They are the heavy duty structural repair folks. -Ski Thats cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted February 16, 2017 Share #9 Posted February 16, 2017 Thats cool. Yeah, it is definitely Aero Repair..... -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 16, 2017 Share #10 Posted February 16, 2017 Aero Repair would be correct. Sometime in the 70s it became Repair and Reclamation, usually a section of the maintenance flight in the Equipment Maintenance Sq. in fighter units. Heavies might be different. Crash/aircraft recovery was just one function. I was in the 36th EMS R&R shop in the mid 80s, and we did all the heavy maintenance like flight controls, landing gear, canopies, and all associated rigging to name a few. Only (thankfully) had to deal with a couple of actual crashes. Most of our responses were for barrier engagements or declared in-flight emergencies. One of the most demanding jobs I was ever in due to the number of diverse areas we worked with. I think now they are back to being Aero Repair again though. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks for all the comments and info guys.Since posting the 56th patch I've acquired a few other Crash Recovery pieces.When I have a chance I'll get them out and post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 17, 2017 Share #12 Posted February 17, 2017 Here's one we had for the F-15. This one was done at the Tiger shop on Okinawa. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted February 17, 2017 Share #13 Posted February 17, 2017 Here's one we had for the F-15. This one was done at the Tiger shop on Okinawa. Randy Nice one.I remember seeing those F-15s from Kadena, I think their tail code was 'ZZ'. I have a picture somewhere of one I took at Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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