SNOOPY OPS - USAF Patch - 20th TASS - KHE SANH - HUE - Vietnam War - 8058
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20th Tactical Air Support Squadron- SNOOPY - Curse This Stupid War
Forward Air Control Element - USAF - Forward Air Control - FAC - 20th TASS The 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron was formed at Da Nang in November 1965 as part of the 505th Tactical Control Squadron. Flying old US Army, Bird Bog Aircraft used for aerial reconnaissance for ground troops, primarily Special Forces and the 20th TASS had outposts at various Special Operations, Forward Op's Base camps, notably Khe S...anh, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Hue and Kham Duc. This piece from their base at Pleiku and operations over the I Drang Valley. The Squadron operated throughout CTZ I, the most northernly allied sector of South Vietnam, over the DMZ and into North Vietnam and Laos. Using COVEY as their call sign (Covey for Covert Operations) the 20th would later base themselves at Pleiku and Chu Lai. The 20th TASS were de-activated in 1973. Since their deactivation in April 1973 the unit has been raised twice (November 1973 - September 1984 and reactivated again in 1990). For your kind Consideration.Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. If you have any questions please contact me. I post daily. Many thanks. Cheesecloth backed Vietnam War patch - Filler - made for collecting, swapping, made during conflict and through to mid-late 1980's in Vietnam - Pieces were made in Vietnam.More recent, similar pieces are felt backed (I do not sell felt back) - if you have any questions about anagrams used, translations, unit location etc please ask – I am always happy to answer.
Command Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5 th SpecialForces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, DeOppresso Liber, Airborne, 1 st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, MobileGuerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force, Operations Detachment, Provincial ReconUnit, Recon Teams, RT, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, ProjectOmega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions AdvisoryForce, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, AirForce, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25th InfantryDivision, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne, 173rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38th Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11th Infantry Brigade, 11thArmored, 196th , 1st Aviation, 18th Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, LogisticalCommand, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range, Special Forces, ARVN, Green Berets, Elite, Recon, Reconnaissance, CCN, CCC, CCS, MACV SOG, SOA, Paratrooper, Parachutist, VietnamWar, Special Operations, Military, Tiger,
Forward Air Control Element - USAF - Forward Air Control - FAC - 20th TASS The 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron was formed at Da Nang in November 1965 as part of the 505th Tactical Control Squadron. Flying old US Army, Bird Bog Aircraft used for aerial reconnaissance for ground troops, primarily Special Forces and the 20th TASS had outposts at various Special Operations, Forward Op's Base camps, notably Khe S...anh, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Hue and Kham Duc. This piece from their base at Pleiku and operations over the I Drang Valley. The Squadron operated throughout CTZ I, the most northernly allied sector of South Vietnam, over the DMZ and into North Vietnam and Laos. Using COVEY as their call sign (Covey for Covert Operations) the 20th would later base themselves at Pleiku and Chu Lai. The 20th TASS were de-activated in 1973. Since their deactivation in April 1973 the unit has been raised twice (November 1973 - September 1984 and reactivated again in 1990). For your kind Consideration.Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. If you have any questions please contact me. I post daily. Many thanks. Cheesecloth backed Vietnam War patch - Filler - made for collecting, swapping, made during conflict and through to mid-late 1980's in Vietnam - Pieces were made in Vietnam.More recent, similar pieces are felt backed (I do not sell felt back) - if you have any questions about anagrams used, translations, unit location etc please ask – I am always happy to answer.
Command Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5 th SpecialForces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, DeOppresso Liber, Airborne, 1 st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, MobileGuerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force, Operations Detachment, Provincial ReconUnit, Recon Teams, RT, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, ProjectOmega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions AdvisoryForce, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, AirForce, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25th InfantryDivision, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne, 173rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38th Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11th Infantry Brigade, 11thArmored, 196th , 1st Aviation, 18th Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, LogisticalCommand, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range, Special Forces, ARVN, Green Berets, Elite, Recon, Reconnaissance, CCN, CCC, CCS, MACV SOG, SOA, Paratrooper, Parachutist, VietnamWar, Special Operations, Military, Tiger,
