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Yes, God bless those brave guys. I actually borrowed the book "Guts to try" from a friend many years ago and he PCS'd before I could give it back to him. I retired in 2003 and met up with him last year and finally got it back to him. He had Col Kyle's autograph on the inside cover (Author) so he was pretty happy to get it back.

Wow that brings up a drunken memory...the Florida Nightclub in Mombasa, I went there in '92. That was a crazy place!

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

Yep, through the years everything kinda changed due to security. I was at Moldyhole from 1991-2003 (5 MAPS '91-'93, 627 AMSS '93-'95, and then the 352 SOG '95-'03).

My first base was at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge 1984-86. Worked the herks that did the A-10 shuttle to Germany everyday (Ahlhorn, Sembach, Norvenich, and Leipheim). I remember in '85 landing at Mildenhall on a broke herk and stepping outside and having the SR-71 taxi right next to us. I remember at Bentwaters in the mid 80's having all the local birds (girls) line up outside the club to get signed in (And then they would ditch you!)