Nightrider03 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I'm getting ready to head off to UPT at Moody, class 07-13, and I've got a question. In some of the pre-arrival info I received from the registrar, it recommended having flight-suit nametags before showing up. They gave their specs for what they require, black leather, name, rank. However, in the picture and accompanying description, nothing was mentioned about having your jump wings on them or not. Does anyone know for sure if I can have them? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shut up 'n color Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 We were given ours here (Vance), the day before we started...I didn't get my wings on it nor did any of the USAFA dudes in our class. I hear that you can have them on there once your flight(s) are allowed to wear the class patch and, then I think we can get "real" nametags....I have seen some students around with their wings on, but they are much further along than our class. At some point you can, I would just get the basic black patch until you hear otherwise...you don't wana show up being "that guy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruckerstud Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 You can have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kylejustin Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 What about badges from prior AFSCs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shut up 'n color Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by kylejustin: What about badges from prior AFSCs? Ya...those are good...we have a Nav, Army (Fix wing Qual), and 2 Navy guys with some random wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShineR Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 About the AFA wings, I dont think those are actual rated jump wings. I dont remember where I read it, but you can only wear those as a cadet and once you hit AD they are a NOGO. However, if you have been to Airborne, those are rated wings, youve earned them, and by reg required to wear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riddller Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 The jump wings you get from the AFA are 'rated' (whatever that means) and you wear them on active duty. [ 29. March 2006, 09:42: Message edited by: Riddller ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter14 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Riddller's right. The only mandatory badges are your most current aeronautical (pilot, nav, ABM, Flight Doc) and chaplain. Parachutist badges are not aeronautical (I checked 11-402). Anything else is optional. So, navs at UPT must wear their nav wings, but a jump qualified (Rucker or USAFA) nav may or may not wear the parachutist badge. Helo pilots have to wear their pilot wings. I didn't look up prior enlisted aircrew, but if I was a loadmaster or engineer or boom, I would wear my wings. Besides, the little jump wings under the pilot wings are the "academy identification badge"...they gotta have something in the airplane, since you can't wear rings ;) [ 21. March 2006, 23:13: Message edited by: Scooter14 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AirGuardian Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 As Riddler said, the AFA Wings are worn on AD - adopted from the Army of course - hence some people wear the Black Army Airborne Wings vs the Blue AF style copy. If you earned it, wear'm proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PilotKD Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Nightrider03: I'm getting ready to head off to UPT at Moody, class 07-13, and I've got a question. In some of the pre-arrival info I received from the registrar, it recommended having flight-suit nametags before showing up. They gave their specs for what they require, black leather, name, rank. However, in the picture and accompanying description, nothing was mentioned about having your jump wings on them or not. Does anyone know for sure if I can have them? Thanks in advance. Hey Nightrider, a bit off subject, but is "Patty" still there at Moody as the registrar? Um, but yeah you can wear jump wings and yes, I had to order my tags before arriving also and that was March 2003. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chosen_one50 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Be safe and don't wear 'em until told you can do so, always the safe bet, especially when in AETC as a student...And by the way you CAN wear them on active duty if you choose to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sickels101 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Screw being safe, you earned them. I've known plenty of studs who wore them. Why would AETC care if you are wearing a badge that is allowed and you earned? Just so long as you still have the same style of name tag the rest of the class has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHAP Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 wear them, its fine and SNTS is right. I dont know what school G came from, but I went to Moody and Laughlin and nobody at either base gave a shit about somebody wearing jump wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Is it normal to have to buy the plain leather nametag before UPT, or do they make it for you and you just have to tell them on your own accord to put the jump wings on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sickels101 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by brabus: Is it normal to have to buy the plain leather nametag before UPT, or do they make it for you and you just have to tell them on your own accord to put the jump wings on? At Vance they made it for us but they didn't really care who had what regarding badges (unless you were prior aircrew). But once we soloed we were allowed to do whatever the hell we wanted to with our patch situation. If you want to but a leather patch with jump wings or whatever on it, I would get the standard silver writing. I recommend Mardon Co for any and all patch work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky_king Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by PilotKD: Hey Nightrider, a bit off subject, but is "Patty" still there at Moody as the registrar?I'm not Nightrider, but yes Ms. Patty is still the registrar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Well whatever, I'll just take what they give me at Vance and "update" the new patch after I solo (knock on wood :D ). [ 22. March 2006, 20:14: Message edited by: brabus ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PilotKD Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Originally posted by sky_king: I'm not Nightrider, but yes Ms. Patty is still the registrar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChkHandleDn Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Originally posted by ShineR: About the AFA wings, I dont think those are actual rated jump wings. I dont remember where I read it, but you can only wear those as a cadet and once you hit AD they are a NOGO. However, if you have been to Airborne, those are rated wings, youve earned them, and by reg required to wear them. That's how you can usually tell the USAFA grads from the rest of us "other active duty folk." They have their jump wings on the BDUs and blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChkHandleDn Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Originally posted by kylejustin: What about badges from prior AFSCs? What you need to get are a pair of the new Space and Missile "SPWINGS!" (Yes, they are actually called spwings) Pretty sweet if you ask me! All the misileers look like actual pilots now, especially in their purty flight suits! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aflyer Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Spwings with star and wreath ... does that make the person a "Command Button Pusher"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy70 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 At Laughlin they have this ancient machine that makes the name tags, and your class is the one that makes them. So yeah anyone with the "academy pin" put them on and no one I've ever been around has said anything about them. [ 25. March 2006, 12:33: Message edited by: Cappy70 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toro Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 If you earned them, wear them Unless they look like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I saw a dude that graduated from my det a year ago last week. He's a contracting officer at Peterson and HAS the spwings. He thinks it's the gayest idea ever. So does everyone in space command get them or something? I forgot to ask. And being a contractor, he has nothing to do with pushing buttons or "flying" satellites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruckerstud Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Actually the S&M folks call the wreath and star "spwing with bling". I am still amazed that some one came up with something pisses off pilots and missile folks off at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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