Flight Jacket

2021.003.017

Flight Jacket
Title
Flight Jacket
Creation Date
1956 – 1988
Materials

Dimensions

24" L

no size label

Description
Olive drab Flight Jacket with 10 different patches. On the left sleeve there is an American Flag with VET sewn on it with the Vietnam service ribbon as part of the E, below that is  the word Veteran patch. On the Right sleeve top to bottom is: 13th AMTS with the nurse flight wings in the middle Aeromedical Transport squadron embordered at the bottom of the patch. Middle patch is also a 12th Aeromed patch with "We Care at the bottom. The bottom patch is shaped like a bomb with  a medical person shaking and the words" Cold Dove Hell at the bottom of the patch "We scared Chickens" ON the front left side of jacket is a Snoopy patch with the words :Happiness is  being a short timer. "Under that patch is a Viet-Nam Cam-RANH patch .The bottom  is Barbara's name tag. On the Right front side is a New York patch, Vietnam Veterans of America patch, A Military Airlift patch, and a Remembering Women Veterans button. Also on the left sleeve is a pocket for pens and a small zippered pocket. There is a pen  from Viking Aero  For all your flying needs. and a used pencil.

Contact the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center for more information