USAF AIR FORCE 37th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING WILD WEASEL PATCH subdued Vintage ORG For Sale

USAF AIR FORCE 37th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING WILD WEASEL PATCH subdued Vintage ORGINAL Vietnam Era. Condition is Pre-owned. FREE SHIPPING! Shipped with USPS First Class mail.

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With the escalation of the Vietnam War in 1965–1966, the Air Force re-activated the unit and re-designated it as the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), and activated it on 26 October 1966. The wing was activated at the newly built Phù Cát Air Base, South Vietnam and it was assigned to Pacific Air Forces. It was organized on 1 March 1967 and assigned to Seventh Air Force. Personnel for the wing headquarters and tactical components were in transit from the United States and elsewhere, and tactical operations did not commence until mid-April.

Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force to an aircraft, of any type, equipped with anti-radiation missiles and tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses: destroying the radar and Surface-to-Air Missile installations of enemy air defense systems. \"The first Wild Weasel success came soon after the first Wild Weasel mission 20 December 1965 when Captains Al Lamb and Jack Donovan took out a site during a Rolling Thunder strike on the railyard at Yen Bai, some 75 miles northwest of Hanoi.\"

My father was a Colonel in the USAF and collected patches from every Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine unit he visited all over the Country and World to give to me as souvenirs.  At least that is how it started, now I\'m selling the collection AND buying and re-selling, seems this hobby is quite addictive!  Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class Package. Shipping is free!  Please view all pictures closely as they are to be considered part of the description. Thank you for looking. Please check out all my sales and buy it now listings as they are part of my collection which I am currently liquidating. Lots more to come!