1 hour ago, Moley said:

Please tell me 02-14 had some kind of epic friday patch that offset the kool-aid drinking nerdiness of that patch. 

I gotta admit, this one rocks!!

Vance 22-12.

On 12/20/2023 at 1:11 PM, Biff_T said:

Not upt but they are cool.

 

Bottom one is cool, spent six years up there in the 92nd and retired 2016. 

14 hours ago, Moley said:

Bottom one is cool, spent six years up there in the 92nd and retired 2016. 

I was in the 36th from 2013-2016.  

Vance 24-08

On 3/14/2024 at 3:44 AM, yzl337 said:

Please tell me 02-14 had some kind of epic friday patch that offset the kool-aid drinking nerdiness of that patch. 

I think it’s understandable considering they probably started pilot training September 2001.

Vance 13-11

Edited March 27, 20241 yr by Moley

6 hours ago, Moley said:

Vance 13-11

 

Vance 17-02. 

Vance 12-10

1 hour ago, Moley said:

Vance 12-10

I'm old, I need a backstory? What does "SODO" on name tag mean? What's the hidden meaning behind this patch?

See one do one?

Vance 04-15

Vance 20-05

Here's mine from Mother Rucker.  Back then Hueys we flew had orange doors.  On Fridays we'd wear our patch halfway back on the sleeve because doors were open!  

Will post some more tomorrow.

Vance 24-12 

My Class Patch, perhaps the most boring annd uninspired ever designed. I can draw decently, so I was tasked to come up with some designs. I like heavy metal music and came up with about 5 other patch designs, one with Van Halen’s “Light Up the Sky” as a theme. My lame classmates chose this one, the worst of the bunch!  Then the guy who was tasked with getting them made chose a bargain basement company who only offered a few colors, he thought he did us a favor by saving money!,,The one on the right  was another I designed in 1991, for a Special  Ops crew I was on. Metallica’s Black Album was big at the time, so “Sleep with one eye Open” from Enter Sandman was perfect. The Grim Reaper was our mascot..

Edited April 11, 20241 yr by Vito

Not a Class Patch. My regular C-141 squadron patch on the left, the 18th MAS “Blue Diamonds.

the one on the right was the first SOLL II crew at McGuire, so we kept the same theme, but with our Grim Reaper motif..

I took this photo on a visit to CBM back in 2014. Notice how lame and monochromatic my class patch looks compared to the colorful and clever themes from other classes! The one one the right was Class 87-05, the patch said, “The Need for Speed”  Top Gun had just premiered a week or so before they designed their patch.

Edited April 11, 20241 yr by Vito

Here's a bunch from Rucker

 

Edited April 12, 20241 yr by stract

stract,

 Great patches…Love the one that says, 

  “Only Place Where Skid Marks are Cool”

😀

Vance 21-08 AU

11 hours ago, stract said:

Here's a bunch from Rucker

 

Woop woop.

15 hours ago, stract said:

Here's a bunch from Rucker

 

Are helo pilots naturally more creative, or something?  Those patches are better than all the others posted on here…Skid marks cracked me up. 

Edited April 12, 20241 yr by O Face