3rd Aviation Detachment Army or USAF?

[vintageproductions]

Okay, found a new pile of unknowns, when I cleaned my desk off yesterday.

This one looks 50's, Japanese machine embroidered, about five inches tall.

Is it Army or Air Force?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Johnny Signor]

K-9 is one of the 50's era USAF base ID numbers , not sure about the A base logos , I'd venture USAF .

Johnny

[Mark1]

This is A US Army Patch 3rd Aviation Detatchment

 

K-9 = Pusan, A = army Airfield, do not know which airfields these are.

 

Mark

[itshistory]

Your patch is an early example of the 3rd Aviation Detachment, previously the 3rd Light Aviation Section. The lettered/numbered sites are the USAF Airfield at Pusan (K-9), the US Army element at Pusan (A-805) and the US Army based at Camp Humphries (A-511). Later examples display the logo of a blue knight on a white winged horse ( KISA Flight) and eventually a white Stingray.

 

IH

[vintageproductions]

Thanks everyone. I always thought it was an army piece by the unit name, but with the USAF K bases listes, it always confused me.