patches Posted December 31, 2021 Share #876 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 #877 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...
eagle mtn Posted January 9 Share #878 Posted January 9 Post-wwii uniforms aren’t really my thing, but for $4 this was hard to pass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 16 Share #879 Posted January 16 Am unknown Air Police unit photo in the 50s, check out the wear of the Cap Devices on the painted helmet liners by one and all, the Officers too. When one sees these Air Force liners with Cap Devices on them around the Helmet Forum it is thought with good reason that the liner posted is an Honor Guard thing, but in this case we see it is and can be a Unit thing. A guess is liners are Dark Blue with Light Blue Bands, but interesting that the Officers do not have the Band on theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 20 Share #880 Posted January 20 A late 50s early 60s shirt for the 4081st Strategic Wing with detailed tapes, Heating Section Heating Specialist it looks like on one side, and name HOOD with what? Roster Number??? 4081st Strategic Wing was stationed in Newfoundland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 2 Share #881 Posted February 2 And this incredible one, a 50s Bullion on Blue, possibly Worsted Wool with lighter medium Blue Felt behind Musket, made indubitably., specifically, for wear on a Air Force Dress Blue Uniform, origin unknown, perhaps Japanese or German made??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 2 Share #882 Posted February 2 On 7/12/2008 at 5:54 PM, gwb123 said: 5) USAF field jacket, similar to the M-65 but notice the difference in the collar. Note the large TAC pocket patch. But the neatest thing about this jacket is again the use of the reflective flight line tape, both on the front and back. I took this out at night and shined a light on it, and it lit up like neon. This was quite used. 1960s? Gil, I wore this same model of USAF jacket on cold mornings when I worked the graveyard shift making deliveries in the early 1970's with the big 'X' reflective tape on the back. I picked it up from a guy I worked with who was in the Air Force for about 12 years. His last station was Udorn, Thailand and he told me the reflective tape was for men working on the flight line and runways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted February 2 Share #883 Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Salvage Sailor said: Gil, I wore this same model of USAF jacket on cold mornings when I worked the graveyard shift making deliveries in the early 1970's with the big 'X' reflective tape on the back. I picked it up from a guy I worked with who was in the Air Force for about 12 years. His last station was Udorn, Thailand and he told me the reflective tape was for men working on the flight line and runways. Sometimes that is referred to as "flightline tape". I always thought it was a great idea. Nothing like being around large pieces of moving equipment in the dark. In the Army, when we were positioning vehicles, sometimes we have our flashlights on with the red filters attached to our LBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 8 Share #884 Posted February 8 Date unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 12 Share #885 Posted February 12 A 50s-60s Sage Green Utility Shirt of a Airman who was stationed in some Far Off Arabic Land, maybe Libya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOKIEMAN Posted February 12 Share #886 Posted February 12 recently obtained a nice, near unused condition Base Honor Guard Uniform Jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCC74 Posted February 12 Share #887 Posted February 12 I still have mine! Nice jacket, security forces member. Did the jacket come with the trousers or service cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 13 Share #888 Posted February 13 A Nice period one, an OD one,this time with the mid to late 50s- early 60s stenciled White NAME Tape, need help on that unit patch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 21 Share #889 Posted February 21 Another one we found, this one sees further use in the 60s by adding White on Blue Tapes, like the type that came out sometime in 1965, shows the Sage Green Type still was worn then, though we might be inclined to think more in either the Reserves or Air National Guard then the Active Air Force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 26 Share #890 Posted March 26 On 10/21/2021 at 8:30 AM, Edelweisse said: That's a 36th Tac Fighter Wing (Bitburg AB, Germany) patch No, as stated it's a USAF Academy patch. Many USAF wing patches in the 50s-80s incorporated the USAF seal into their design like the 36 TFW you metioned. But this is for sure the USAFA version. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edelweisse Posted March 26 Share #891 Posted March 26 WOW I stand corrected….thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27 Share #892 Posted March 27 I didn't know this, that Captain Father Charles Watters USA MOH was originally a Chaplain in the Air Guard, the 108th Tactical Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard 1962-1964. Notice his NAME Plate say FR Watters, FR of course standing for Father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27 Share #893 Posted March 27 A publicity shot for the 1957 movie Bombers B-52, With Natalie Wood, Karl Maulden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in his uniform and Rack. Natalie Wood there looking lovely as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27 Share #894 Posted March 27 Another one, in a Bomber, Karl Maulden there in the back of the Cockpit. Wondering if his pocket patch is for a real unit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 27 Share #895 Posted March 27 A cool page on the Delta Dagger for the year 1953. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/convair-f-102a-delta-dagger/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 4 Share #896 Posted April 4 A Major James W. Minette USAF poses for a portrait in 1963 wearing a Bow Tie for the formal look. Minette interestingly started in the Navy in WWII. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwfdailynews/name/james-minette-obituary?id=8371921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted April 9 Share #897 Posted April 9 On 3/26/2022 at 7:30 PM, patches said: Another one, in a Bomber, Karl Maulden there in the back of the Cockpit. Wondering if his pocket patch is for a real unit! That was indeed a real unit: the 329th Bombardment Squadron which was stationed at where the film took place, Castle AFB, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steindaddie Posted April 9 Share #898 Posted April 9 On 1/19/2022 at 7:45 PM, patches said: "...and name HOOD with what? Roster Number??? That is his unit: the 4081st Civil Engineering Squadron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10 Share #899 Posted April 10 6 hours ago, Steindaddie said: Thanks for both of the unit IDs you made Stein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted June 13 Share #900 Posted June 13 Hello Fellow Members, I'm going through my US military items collections to sell in the near future, and I have an Air Force shirt that I can't fully identify. I think I remember that it was a government issue shirt customized in-country back in the early to mid 60's by adding pockets on the sleeves and embroidering as shown; however, I don't know for sure. Can anyone shed some light on it? I would appreciate it. Thank you. P.S. I'm adding a couple of extra pictures of the accessories, in case someone wants to see them up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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