firefighter Posted May 8, 2016 Share #1 Posted May 8, 2016 All are marked, L or I21 ^ ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Jay V Posted May 8, 2016 Share #2 Posted May 8, 2016 Firefighter can you post reverse pics please? Are these mid 70s production? thanks Jay Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted May 8, 2016 I only took a picture of the master wing. The others are marked just like this one. ♧ Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Jay V Posted May 8, 2016 Share #4 Posted May 8, 2016 Thanks for the additional picture on these and on your other posts. Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted May 8, 2016 Jay you're welcome.Thanks for checking them out. Do these look like the mid 70s production? ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted May 8, 2016 Share #6 Posted May 8, 2016 Has there even been a US Army astronaut? I know the wings exist, but have they ever been awarded? Never mind... I answered my own question... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Army_astronauts Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
P-E Posted March 8, 2018 Share #7 Posted March 8, 2018 Here're mine in cloth : "As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time. You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can (still) be blown up..." - Donald Rumsfeld (Camp Buehring, KU - Dec. 8, 2004)See my current collection of desert SSI HERESee my current collection of Badges (ranks, qualification badges, Branch of Service - from WW2 to present) HERESee my files in PDF on scribd.com HERESee my collection of jackets HERE Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted March 9, 2018 Nice cloth sets. Interesting that the tan has a silver designator on the basic and possibly master ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney Posted November 1, 2019 Share #9 Posted November 1, 2019 Unlike most other services with a dozen or so aviation related badges, The Army only has 3 - Aviator, Flight Surgeon and Aviation (previously called the aircraft crewman badge) badges. Army astronauts who have not previously been awarded an Army aviation badge are awarded the Army Aviation Badge, and the astronaut device is added after a qualifying space flight. I’ve never seen an Army Aviation Astronaut badge, and I think it has only been awarded once or twice. Link to post Share on other sites
QED4 Posted November 9, 2019 Share #10 Posted November 9, 2019 Found this on the internet; Since 2011, the Army has awarded exactly 2,454 Basic, 500 Senior, and 125 Master Space Badges, and some of those recipients are counted three times, as they earned each badge. Connolly says there are just 330 officers in FA40 at the moment, making the Army Space Badge a rare sight.Mar 7, 2017 And we can't forget Maj. Heally the first Army astronaut (if you are too young to remember him, google it) Link to post Share on other sites
atb Posted November 9, 2019 Share #11 Posted November 9, 2019 And, of course, the Space Badge is a different badge than an Army Astronaut aviator/flight surgeon/aviation badge. Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted November 10, 2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Operations_Badge ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney Posted November 10, 2019 Share #13 Posted November 10, 2019 Found this on the internet; Since 2011, the Army has awarded exactly 2,454 Basic, 500 Senior, and 125 Master Space Badges, and some of those recipients are counted three times, as they earned each badge. Connolly says there are just 330 officers in FA40 at the moment, making the Army Space Badge a rare sight.Mar 7, 2017 And we can't forget Maj. Heally the first Army astronaut (if you are too young to remember him, google it) He wore AF wings on an Army uniform in the first season. Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share #14 Posted November 10, 2019 He wore AF wings on an Army uniform in the first season. He did.Maybe the Army didn’t have their approved Astronaut designator yet. ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted October 9, 2020 Share #15 Posted October 9, 2020 Here's a photo of the army's first Astronaut Robert Stewart in 1978, he starts his astronaut training in July of 1978 Marshal Space Flight Center, According to his WIKI became an astronaut in August 1979, also according to his WIKI, he is awarded the Army Astronaut badge after flying on his first mission in outer space, not upon graduating from the course, first mission was STS-41-B Challenger, February 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted October 30, 2020 On 10/8/2020 at 8:38 PM, patches said: Here's a photo of the army's first Astronaut Robert Stewart in 1978, he starts his astronaut training in July of 1978 Marshal Space Flight Center, According to his WIKI became an astronaut in August 1979, also according to his WIKI, he is awarded the Army Astronaut badge after flying on his first mission in outer space, not upon graduating from the course, first mission was STS-41-B Challenger, February 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Stewart Thats cool. Thank you ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney Posted December 17, 2020 Share #17 Posted December 17, 2020 Riddle me this: NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, a US Army Engineering branch officer, wore the standard NASA civilian astronaut wings in about 98% of photos, and more recently, he wore the US Army Aviator badge with the astronaut device. The reg says that any Army soldier appointed as an Astronaut, who has not previously been awarded an aviation badge, will be awarded the US Army Aviation Badge (formerly the aircraft crewman badge). Once the astronaut flies, the astronaut device is added to the Army Aviation Badge. Col Vande Hei was not a rated Army Aviator, so I am wondering why he wears the Aviator version of the Astronaut badge. Col Andrew Morgan is a rated Army Flight Surgeon and wears the astronaut version of the flight surgeon badge. Several USAF astronauts wear the astronaut version of the Navigator badge or Officer Aircrew badge. I’m not sure if ANY Army Astronaut has ever been awarded the Aviation Badge w/Astronaut device, so it might be as simple as Gibson & Barnes not having one to embroider on his nametag. My other thought is that, knowing how much flight training astronauts receive (they get quite a bit of training on turboprop trainers with the Navy), the Army might have simply awarded him the Aviator badge. I’m not trying to be a Karen about this. I’m just wondering why. He probably deserves the Aviator badge considering all the flight time they get, plus several space flights. Link to post Share on other sites
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