patches Posted June 23, 2021 Share #851 Posted June 23, 2021 11 hours ago, seanmc1114 said: The Master Sergeant shown here is wearing post-1948 rank insignia along with World War II collar insignia. Sean any dope on this Old Timer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2021 Share #852 Posted June 23, 2021 12 hours ago, patches said: Sean any dope on this Old Timer? No, other than I believe he was a member of the California Air National Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2021 Share #853 Posted June 23, 2021 Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Fighter Squadron are seen at Lockbourne Air Force Base, near Columbus, Ohio, in June 1950. Note they are wearing a mixture of Army and AIr Force chevrons, including three different styles of Army chevrons. I can't make out what type of collar devices they are wearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Leonard Posted June 23, 2021 Share #854 Posted June 23, 2021 Belt buckles have an interesting variation, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 25, 2021 Share #855 Posted July 25, 2021 A Great Shot of an Airman (Probably Air Police as he's wearing a Leather Pistol Belt) in the late-sh 50s early-sh 60s on guard duty with a Blue Snorkel Jacket armed with the M2 Carbine, looks like he is wearing a Sage Green Ridgway Cap as well, location unknown. What would this jacket be by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 26, 2021 Share #856 Posted July 26, 2021 President Kennedy arriving at Pope AFB, North Carolina in October 1961. Note the Chief Master Sergeant wearing the Combat Infantryman Badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCC74 Posted July 29, 2021 Share #857 Posted July 29, 2021 I love those older USAF uniforms. I have a few myself I may post at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjperkins Posted July 31, 2021 Share #858 Posted July 31, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 9:13 PM, patches said: An nice shot of an unidentified USAF Colonel circa 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjperkins Posted July 31, 2021 Share #859 Posted July 31, 2021 Dr. ( Col.) Bellows on "I Dream of Jeannie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 17, 2021 Share #860 Posted August 17, 2021 A U2 Pilot before a mission over the Persian Gulf 1964. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted August 29, 2021 Share #861 Posted August 29, 2021 Current transition ike listed on Etsy (of course I took a screen shot, but forgot where I saved it to). 10th and 6th AF patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 29, 2021 Share #862 Posted August 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, easterneagle87 said: Current transition ike listed on Etsy (of course I took a screen shot, but forgot where I saved it to). 10th and 6th AF patches. A real nice one, we can guess this guy served in the 6th AF in the war, and later afterwards in the 10th AF, 10th AF at the time Brookes Field Texas , Offutt Air Base Nebraska Texas Benjamin Harrison Air Base .Indiana. In te transitional uniform period the seem to have worn the combat patch and organizational ones in the familiar way starting at wars end, its after the new blue uniforms come out that they seem to wear the combat patch on the right shoulder, but sometime we do see the organizational ones there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 1, 2021 Share #863 Posted October 1, 2021 A Still from the 1960 Elvis movie GI Blues, we imagine most of the personal are real USAF Personal and not extras, not sure but this may be on location in West Germany, where? Looks like one of the Blue painted Air Force Jeeps there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 1, 2021 Share #864 Posted October 1, 2021 These photos are from 1947, so they might technically predate the creation of the U.S. Air Force. However, they do show what the Air Force looked like at the very beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 21, 2021 Share #865 Posted October 21, 2021 August 1967. Brig. Gen. Louis T. Seith, left, Air Force Academy commandant of cadets, goes over ambush plan of attack with Army Maj. Hugh Socks, a Vietnam veteran, serving as technical adviser for cadets combat training. Note the pocket patch the general is wearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted October 21, 2021 Share #866 Posted October 21, 2021 That's a 36th Tac Fighter Wing (Bitburg AB, Germany) patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 26, 2021 Share #867 Posted October 26, 2021 The photo caption says this is a group of Air Force enlisted personnel reaffirming their oaths of enlistment at Mitchell Air Force Base, New York in 1951. Note the female in front and at least one of the men in the rear appear to be wearing the gold cut out collar insignia while the rest are wearing solid collar insignia, althought the ones that appear to be cut out may just look that way because of the lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 26, 2021 Share #868 Posted October 26, 2021 General Hoyt S. Vandenberg while serving as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted October 27, 2021 Share #869 Posted October 27, 2021 This one is dated 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 3, 2021 Share #870 Posted December 3, 2021 An Airman, mid 60s with a nice portrait, maybe taken in his hometown when on leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted December 7, 2021 Share #871 Posted December 7, 2021 Picked up this photo yesterday. I dooooo luv these Cold War photos! Check the shorts out! I passed this photo up in May, but couldn't resist yesterday. B-47 , Bubba Boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 26, 2021 Share #872 Posted December 26, 2021 Men of the Maryland Air National Guard 175th Tactical Fighter Group interestingly undertake riot training in 1967. See how they are armed with M2 Carbines at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 31, 2021 Share #873 Posted December 31, 2021 1964 Captain Rabbi Nathan Landman the Air Force's Jewish Chaplain for France, Spain, and Libya, examines the traditional shofar and other High Holy Day religious equipment prior to taking off from Evreux-Fauville Air Base to Tripoli, Libya on the first leg of a 3,000 mile circuit in which he conducted eight Yom Kippur services at five bases before returning to Evreux to celebrate Yom Kippur there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 31, 2021 Share #874 Posted December 31, 2021 Cadre and Students and we guess two of the Dept of Air Force civilian workers of the Air National Guard Non Commissioned Officers Academy 1969. Anyone know where this was located? And did all Air Guard NCOs come here from allover America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 31, 2021 Share #875 Posted December 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, patches said: 1964 Captain Rabbi Nathan Landman the Air Force's Jewish Chaplain for France, Spain, and Libya, examines the traditional shofar and other High Holy Day religious equipment prior to taking off from Evreux-Fauville Air Base to Tripoli, Libya on the first leg of a 3,000 mile circuit in which he conducted eight Yom Kippur services at five bases before returning to Evreux to a Yom Kippur there. Chaplain Landman retires from the Air Force in 1981, passed away at 87 in 2017. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/11251251/Nathan-Landman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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