2 AIRBORNE COMMAND & CONTROL SQUADRON - SAC COMMAND POST, SAC END OF AN ERA
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:14175159 | Modified Item: No |
| Type: USAF Color Patch | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
2 AIRBORNE COMMAND & CONTROL SQUADRON - 1970-1994
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA - SAC COMMAND POST
COLD WAR + SAC END OF AN ERA!
This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes!
Color Patch
Condition is NEW
NO GLUE on back of patch!
Patch is made in the USA!
Unit emblem/patch certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)
Note#1: Attached is a color image for comparison purposes only!
Note#2: The u...nit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 25 years
Note#3: Post Attack Command & Control System, (PACCS) performing the Operation
Looking Glass mission with the EC-135 aircraft, 24 hour flying command post!
Looking Glass was operational form 1961 to 1992, 29 years
Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970s
After mid 1985 Color patches were worn only on Duty Flight Suites & Flight Jackets
Subdued unit patches started appearing on USAF utility uniforms during the early 1980s
In 2007 USAF prohibited unit patches on the Airman Battle Uniforms (ABU)
As of 2018 the USAF has adopted the U.S. Army Operational Camouflage Pattern
(OCP) Uniform, authorizing subdued unit patches once again
Squadron was operational from 1970 to 1994, 25 years
Unit was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Assigned to the 55th Operations Group/55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
/Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Operational aircraft: Boeing EC-135 Flying Command Post
Aircraft Tail Code: "OF"
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Earned 10 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA - SAC COMMAND POST
COLD WAR + SAC END OF AN ERA!
This is the real deal, genuine period patch
NOT an Overseas Knockoff!; Reproduction! or Fakes!
Color Patch
Condition is NEW
NO GLUE on back of patch!
Patch is made in the USA!
Unit emblem/patch certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH)
Note#1: Attached is a color image for comparison purposes only!
Note#2: The u...nit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 25 years
Note#3: Post Attack Command & Control System, (PACCS) performing the Operation
Looking Glass mission with the EC-135 aircraft, 24 hour flying command post!
Looking Glass was operational form 1961 to 1992, 29 years
Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970s
After mid 1985 Color patches were worn only on Duty Flight Suites & Flight Jackets
Subdued unit patches started appearing on USAF utility uniforms during the early 1980s
In 2007 USAF prohibited unit patches on the Airman Battle Uniforms (ABU)
As of 2018 the USAF has adopted the U.S. Army Operational Camouflage Pattern
(OCP) Uniform, authorizing subdued unit patches once again
Squadron was operational from 1970 to 1994, 25 years
Unit was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Assigned to the 55th Operations Group/55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
/Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Operational aircraft: Boeing EC-135 Flying Command Post
Aircraft Tail Code: "OF"
Unit Awards & Decorations:
- Earned 10 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
