German camouflage?

[spangy]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Buy do you have the 328th 'Mushroom' patch???

Nope But I definitely want one. That is one cool patch.

EDIT: Found one https://www.ebay.ca/itm/USAF-328th-A...item44740c6174
It's not the same if you buy one though ... it's gotta have a story behind it.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by spangy

Nope But I definitely want one. That is one cool patch.
EDIT: Found one

Wrong patch! That's the KC-135 Air Refueling Squadron patch; mine is the Tactical Airlift Squadron patch (C-130's). The TAS predated the ARS. Both AFRES. Theoretically the same squadron (same base), but totally different people.

And yes, there's stories.

(And another thread gets hijacked...)

Edit: The graphic (mushroom) is the same; it's just the airframe that has changed. And, like I said, the people. Everyone I knew back in 1998 (when I left) is gone. AFRES seems to be phasing out the C-130 for the C-17; I don't know why or how the KC-135 got involved. That's strategic; we were tactical. ~125 of us in the 328th TAS, and eight C-130's. All gone.