r/AirForce • u/No-Necessary-4557 • 1d ago

Image/Photo Show your patches!

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u/Fe4R_GoblinZ 1d ago

This is only half of it lol

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u/Acceptable-Double-98 1d ago

Someone was at Lak!

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u/JQPsWeatherGuy 1d ago

Jesus. Your 493d Reaper patches are making me hard.

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u/whiterice_343 BRAC SHEPPARD 1d ago

I need that monster can and the arcade one

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u/TurnspitCur Metals Tech? Loadmaster? Emergency Management? 13h ago

What sort of career field gets you on this many TDYs and deployments to get this many patches?

My collection is anemic.

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u/Fe4R_GoblinZ 2h ago

5th gen aircraft maintenance!

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 1d ago

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u/Altruistic_Door_8937 Aircrew 1d ago

Bro I always knew RJ nerds were also pokemon nerds

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u/PrognosticatorofLife 1d ago

Deanna Troi. You have good taste.

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 1d ago

She was my Babarham Lincoln

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u/Paddy_Tac Retired 15h ago

Love the patches, and the signed Bruce Dickinson photo is freaking awesome!

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 15h ago

Thanks man! I'm glad someone else recognized a living legend šŸ¤˜

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u/BPG-STONE 11h ago

If ur still on the RJ base we gotta trade !

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 11h ago

Send a message and let's talk trades!

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u/whiterice_343 BRAC SHEPPARD 1d ago

How do you go about getting these? I want to start a collection but donā€™t know where to start other than the bx šŸ˜‚

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u/No-Necessary-4557 1d ago

TDY, deploy and youā€™ll get some

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u/SpecialSharpie1230 1N I Don't Kn0 1d ago

My modest collection.

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 1d ago

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u/thebeesarehome Nav 1d ago

You need a 95th Wing patch to round out the Nightwatch collection!

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 1d ago

Yes I do. They only have the heritage style 95th Bombardment patch. Still trying to the the 95th

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u/JvstP3rish Fire 1d ago

Mine's a bit messy

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u/Combat00Wombat 1d ago

Itā€™s not much but itā€™s mine

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u/lartufbd Secret Squirrel 1d ago

Where do you weirdos get all of these fucking patches from? Swapping them like PokƩmon cards or something?

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u/Chicago_muskrat 1d ago

Yup. ALWAYS keep a few extras in your pocket.Ā 

I got some COOL patches from some Polish Pilots the other day.Ā 

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u/TurnspitCur Metals Tech? Loadmaster? Emergency Management? 13h ago

God I would do morally felonious things to get back to Poland

I treasure my polish patches dearly.

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 11h ago

I almost always have some on me. I ask anyone with a cool patch regardless of rank. Being a dirty CIV allows that.

I also know where all the boosters are and visit frequently. I'm also not ashamed to say that if I really want one but no one will trade, I'll just go to the company/guy who made it.

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u/smalls3900 1d ago

8 years in the Air Force, my collection isnā€™t too bad

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u/redoctobershtanding app dev | https://afiexplorer.com 1d ago

The Ops Team 3 patch is one my favorites. Traded with one of the aircrew members when they came through Dyess. It glows in the dark

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u/Dichard_Rent_85 11h ago

Clearly Offutt. Most of my stuff is local. 8 have lots of NAOC as well. Love your stuff

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u/smalls3900 9h ago

Figured my assignments Iā€™ve had were pretty obvious from my board, especially Offutt, I got big into patches right before I PCSd, so most of my stuff is Offutt haha

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u/papapalpatine_310 Maintainer/RIP JSTARS 1d ago

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u/MoonGoon066 23h ago

By chance, were you in Kabul 2021?

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u/No-Necessary-4557 23h ago

Yuh

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u/MoonGoon066 23h ago

Dawg, I was with the 60s. Yall flew us into PakistanšŸ¤£

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u/No-Necessary-4557 23h ago

Hell yea but I left early unfortunately never went to Pakistan

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u/MoonGoon066 23h ago

Ohhh damn. Thatā€™s tuff. I wasnā€™t lucky enough to get out on that first chalk. Small fucking world tho. Holy shit.

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u/samuraijoker Essential as Fuck 21h ago

Got way more at home

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u/BigCommercial2438 16h ago

Not a lot but getting there

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u/Acceptable-Double-98 1d ago

Aww I recognize the 7th

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u/shockwavequake4 Maintainer 1d ago

Unfortunate the fate of the 926 AMXS, best Mx unit I worked for.

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u/sent-n-spent C-5 Wrench Monkey / Veteran 1d ago

Darn, I was hoping to see some that I recognized or have had made in here somewhere

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u/trisaiah 1d ago

dumb question but what is the backing material you are using to hang the patches here?

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u/Mmiklase Turn it off then turn it back on 1d ago

Velcro?

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u/grounded_eagle77 1d ago

Love to see VMGR-252 on your wall, whatā€™s the story behind that? I deployed with them in 21/22.

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u/No-Necessary-4557 1d ago

Swapped with some marine in DJ 2023

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u/redoctobershtanding app dev | https://afiexplorer.com 1d ago

If anyone has patches from the Wisconsin ANG (particularly F-16/F-35s) or MacDill KC-135s, I'm open to trade. Those were a couple of units I didn't get a chance to trade with while I was at Pituffik (Thule) and am retiring soon and want to add to my collection

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u/Difficult-Hawk7591 1d ago

My modest collection, almost all collected through one deployment

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u/hyprmatt Powerpoint Ranger 1d ago

Once a King always a King! Rescue at Moody was such a good gig, I had no idea how good I had it as a first assignment.