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The INDIANA JONES OF EBAY does it again !!...........I have managed to purchase THREE militaria collections.....& TWO Police collections.....mainly patches, badges,insignia & headgear.
One of the main collection of patches & insignia, is a real treasure trove..........come on bag a bargain.............any q's please email me.
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This item is a SINGLE SHAPED patch showing the Blue tailed fly on a surfboard (?) patch .
size aprox 75 x 95 cm NON plastic backed
The 37th Airlift Squadron (37 AS) is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operates C-130 Hercules aircraft providing theater airlfit.
Mission
Conduct airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations .
History
During World War II the 37d participated in airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, and transportation of passengers and cargo in European Theater of Operations and Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
In the Korean War the squadron flew airborne assaults at Sukchon and Munsan-ni and aerial transportation between Japan and Korea.
While deployed in Taiwan, crews of the 37th flew to Hanoi on 17 February 1973 in support of Operation Homecoming, the repatriation of American prisoners of war to Clark Air Base, Philippines, on 5 March 1973. It conducted airlift operations during Operation Desert Shield in Southwest Asia, 14 August 1990–29 March 1991. It airdropped humanitarian supplies in Operation Provide Comfort for the relief of fleeing Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq, April–May 1991. The 37th flew airlift and airdrop missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Operation Provide Promise from July 1992-January 1996.
Operations
Lineage
- 37th Transport Squadron (1942)
- 37th Troop Carrier Squadron (1942 - 1948)
- 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1948 - 1949)
- 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy (1949 - 1950)
- 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1950 - 1966)
- 37th Troop Carrier Squadron (1966 - 1967)
- 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967 - 1992)
- 37th Airlift Squadron (1992 - Present)
Assignments
Bases stationed
- Patterson Field, Ohio (1942)
- Bowman Field, Kentucky (1942)
- Lawson Field, Georgia (1942)
- Del Valle, Texas (1942)
- RAF Deversoir, Egypt (1942 - 1943)
- Marble Arch, Libya (1943)
- Ismaïlia, Egypt (1943)
- RAF Fayid, Egypt (1943)
- El Kabrit, Egypt (1943)
- El Aouina, Tunisia (1943)
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- Borizzo, Sicily (1943 - 1944)
- RAF Cottesmore, England (1944 - 1945)
- Pope Field, North Carolina (1945 - 1946)
- Greenville Air Force Base, South Carolina (1946 - 1949)
- Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (1949 - 1950)
- Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1950)
- Komaki Air Base, Japan (1950 - 1952)
- Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1952)
- Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee (1952 - 1954)
- Ashiya Air Base, Japan (1954 - 1957)
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- Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (1966 - 1977)
- Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (24 November 1968 - 26 February 1969)
- Deployed: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (13 July - 26 September 1969, 7 February - 13 April 1971)
- Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (24 February - 11 May 1970, 13 January - 14 March 1972)
- Deployed: Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan (6 December 1972 - 15 March 1973)
- Deployed: RAF Mildenhall, England (31 August - c. 1 October 1973)
- Deployed: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (5 April - 15 June 1975)
- Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany (1977 - 1994)
- Ramstein Air Base, Germany (1994 - Present)
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Aircraft Operated
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This is in GOOD condition .
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