Army ASTRONAUT WINGS

[firefighter]

All are marked, L or I21

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[Jay V]

Firefighter can you post reverse pics please? Are these mid 70s production? thanks Jay

[firefighter]

I only took a picture of the master wing. The others are marked just like this one.

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[Jay V]

Thanks for the additional picture on these and on your other posts.

[firefighter]

Jay you're welcome.Thanks for checking them out. Do these look like the mid 70s production?

[gwb123]

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

[P-E]

Here're mine in cloth :

 

[firefighter]

Nice cloth sets. Interesting that the tan has a silver designator on the basic and possibly master

[Ed Rooney]

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.

[QED4]

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)

[atb]

And, of course, the Space Badge is a different badge than an Army Astronaut aviator/flight surgeon/aviation badge.

[firefighter]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Operations_Badge

[Ed Rooney]

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.

[firefighter]

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.

[patches]

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

 

 

 

 

[firefighter]

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

[Ed Rooney]

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.