airnav Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I was spending the latter part of today "attempting" to organize past and present files, and this caught my eye. It is an old CBPO rip authorizing the wear of the Combat Crew Badge to the flight crews of our squadron based on award of the Combat Readiness Medal, THEN a follow on rip retracting (hmmm....imagine that) the authorization of the badge. What was with the Combat Crew Badge to begin with? These documents are circa 1979. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rw605 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Airnav, I remember seeing these earlier in my career but remember it going away with all the uniform shake ups in the early 90's. I found a link that should help http://afehri.maxwell.af.mil/Documents/pdf/HISTORY%20OF%20COMBAT%20SERVICE%20INSIGNIAS.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 As I recall...... Any aircrew that was authorized the combat readiness medal was also authorized the Combat Aircrew Badge, which was worn on top of the name tag on the right pocket. the department of redundancy department did away with it for that very reason. It was worn on blues or fatigues (BDU's) so line crewdogs didn't see it often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airnav Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks for the info. folks. I can't help but crack up laughing.......The AF wants to "de-clutter" the uniform, however, they keep comming up with new ribbons for all sorts of duties. I am sure that it won't be too much longer before all career fields have a ribbon for annotating their duties performed. A merit badge sash like the Boy and Girl Scouts have will probably be instituted...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yeah Kurt, the combat crew badge was another McPeak casualty. I actually have one laying around here somewhere...... Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffy Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Airnav, I remember seeing these earlier in my career but remember it going away with all the uniform shake ups in the early 90's. I found a link that should help http://afehri.maxwell.af.mil/Documents/pdf/HISTORY%20OF%20COMBAT%20SERVICE%20INSIGNIAS.pdf Thanks - now I feel really old when I read someone talking about "the early 90's". I still have mine. My memory is fading but if I recall (this is circa 1974) I thought we had to wear the badge for 1 year before we were eligible for the the medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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