{"id":2919,"date":"2024-05-21T18:17:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T01:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/187thahc.net\/wp\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2024-07-06T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T18:10:58","slug":"patches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/?p=2919","title":{"rendered":"Patches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Flight<\/td>\n\nAviation Training School<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nFort Wolters, Texas.
\nFort Rucker, Alabama.
\nFort Hunter – Stewart, Georgia.<\/strong>“Above The Best”<\/strong>This patch was worn on the left shoulder by aspiring pilots while they attended flight school.\u00a0 Upon graduation from flight school, the new aviator would be assigned to an aviation unit. The school patch would then be replaced by the new units patch.\u00a0 In our case, the new patch would be the First Aviation Battalion patch shown below.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\nCobra Pilot Pocket Patch<\/strong><\/em>\nPresented to new Cobra Pilots upon graduation from AH-1G Cobra Transition Class.
\nWorn over the right shirt pocket in place of the Crusader Patch.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Cr_Pat.jpg<\/td>\n\n\u00a0 Crusader Pocket Patch\u00a0<\/strong>Worn over the right shirt pocket.\u00a0<\/strong>\nThis beautiful replication is courtesy of :<\/strong>Jim Gaffney –\u00a0El Paso, TX<\/strong>Blaster 14, 3\/18 Arty, 1st Cav, ’65-66
\nCrusader 6, 187th AHC, ’68-’69
\nBlack Baron 5, 269th CAB, ’69<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\nFirst Aviation Brigade<\/strong><\/em>\nShoulder Patch<\/strong>Worn on left shoulder of uniform.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\nBlackhawk<\/strong><\/em>\nCourtesy of :
\nWilliam (Mild Bill) H. Jones
\nAustin, TX.
\nRoad Runner Maintenance 66-68<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"bh_shol_copy.gif<\/td>\n\nBlackhawk<\/strong><\/em>\nUniform Shoulder Patch<\/strong>Courtesy of :
\nWilliam (Mild Bill) H Jones
\nAustin TX
\nRoad Runner Maintenance 66-68<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Black<\/td>\n\nBlackhawk<\/strong><\/em>\nUnit patch that was covered with plastic and hung from shirt pocket button by a leather strap.<\/strong>\nCourtesy of :
\nTom Tesmar<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Rat<\/td>\n\nRat Pack<\/strong>\nWorn by Blackhawk and Crusader Gun Ship Pilots and Crew Members. “The Rat Pack”<\/strong>The Rats started flying Charlie Model Gunships and later transitioned to the AH-1G Huey Cobra. One mean mother.<\/strong>Courtesy of :
\nJohn Broome<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Red<\/td>\n\nRed Ryder’s <\/strong>“Holy Hell”<\/strong>\nOriginal 2nd Airlift Platoon Patch
\n
\nCourtesy of :
\nMike Stratton<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Mungs\"<\/td>\n\nMUNGS<\/strong>“DEATH FROM ABOVE”<\/strong>\nRenamed 2nd Airlift Platoon<\/strong>\nYou just had to have some of their “Mung Juice”<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Mung<\/td>\n\nMUNGS<\/strong>“FURY FROM ABOVE”<\/strong>\nI guess this for for the more timid in the group?<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Maggot's\"<\/td>\n\nMAGGOT<\/strong>\n1st Airlift Platoon<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"541st<\/td>\n\nWizard<\/strong>\n541st Medical Detachment<\/u><\/strong>Courtesy of :
\nSir Edward A. Artis Ph.D K.M.
\n541st Medical Detachment<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Trouble<\/td>\nTrouble Shooter<\/strong>
\nSignal and Avionics
\n<\/u>
\nBetter than AT&T.
\nThey made sure we could reach out and touch someone.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Lancelot<\/td>\n\nLancelot<\/strong><\/em>\nHelicopter Maintenance<\/strong>\nIf it was broke, they could fix it.<\/strong>If it wasn’t broke, they could make it better.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCrusader BB6<\/strong>
\nWas this a courtesy patch for Black Baron 6
\nor the personal patch of
\n“Bad” Bill Bauman ‘Crusader 6?’<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\"\"
\n<\/a>Patch design by:
\nJohn Forzetting
\nand
\nRoger Rothlesberger<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n		\nTay Ninh Tower Power<\/strong>\n362nd Aviation Support Detachment<\/strong>\nIf you were moving your bird, taking off or landing these guys were the boss.\u00a0 Everyone followed their instructions except the VNAF pilots who did whatever they wanted to including taking off in the wrong direction right into a landing flight of war birds.<\/strong>VNAF Pilot\u00a0 “Tower me go now.”<\/strong>Tower Operator: “Warning to all aircraft in the Tay Ninh area.\u00a0 We have a VNAF Bird Dog departing from mid field headed in the WRONG direction.”<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\nAuthorized ???\nI don’t think so……<\/strong>Probably a real collectors item.<\/strong>Patch courtesy of John Johnson<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThis is a slight variation of the Crusader patch found in the collection of a private collector.\u00a0 The patch is in pristine condition.<\/strong>Ljmilitary@aol.com<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aviation Training School Fort Wolters, Texas. Fort Rucker, Alabama. Fort Hunter – Stewart, Georgia.“Above The Best”This patch was worn on the left shoulder by aspiring pilots while they attended flight school.\u00a0 Upon graduation from flight school, the new aviator would be assigned to an aviation unit. The school patch would then be replaced by the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orderly-room"],"modified_by":"Webmaster","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/187thahc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}