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Some Aircraft and Novelty Patches were used by ALL the Services

check: Army, USMC, & USN patch pages for other Novelty Insignia


Competitions:

GunSmoke, William Tell,
NATO Tiger, & other Meets 


see other "Meet" patches on Squadrons and Wings pages


AAFCE Tactical Air Meet JEVER


1982 meet, seller's (maker's?) label on back, UnUsed.......inquire


1977 Upper Heyford Tiger Meet

not a common Tiger Meet patch

 

"TIGER MEET '77 UPPER HEYFORD AIRCREW", Japan made, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed.....(sold)
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1985 NATO Tiger Meet

( hosted by the Belgian 31 Squadron at Kleine Brogel(?) )


3.75" patch, UnUsed.....inquire

( another  Tiger Meet  patch )

 
FLUGTAG at Flugplatz Ramstein


Sonntag, 5 August, 1979, looks used but no stitch marks, UnUsed........inquire

Sonntag, 13. Juli, 1980, UnUsed.....inquire


27th TFW  'Giant Voice' Bombing Competition


click on picture


Gunsmoke Meets
 

GUNSMOKE 1985, RFU, Used.......inquire

GUNSMOKE 1987, UnUsed........inquire

GUNSMOKE 1989 "SHOOT OFF" "PACIFIC AIR FORCES", PI made, UnUsed.........inquire
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Gunsmoke 1991


USAF WORLDWIDE FIGHTER GUNNERY MEET, UnUsed....inquire
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Gunsmoke 1995


USAF Worldwide Composite Force Competition, UnUsed.....inquire
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( see  1st TFW Gunsmoke  on this link )

( see a  31st TFW Gunsmoke 1987 11" Backpatch )

 
Reconnaissance Air Meet

 "RAM" 1986 & 1988


1986, Used.......inuqire

1986, UnUsed......inquire

1988, UnUsed......inquire


10th TRW Royal Flush X


click on picture


SAC Competitions


click on picture


William Tell Meet Insignia
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WT 1980 and 1982


William Tell Weapons Meet 1980, UnUsed...(sold)

USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell, not dated, UnUsed....(sold)

USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1982, UnUsed...(sold)

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WT 1982


USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1982, UnUsed....inquire

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32nd TFS WT 1984


click on picture for details
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(  click this link for a  1st TFW William Tell  )
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WT 1986


USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1986, UnUsed.......inquire

USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1986, UnUsed........inquire

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48th FIS


click on pricture

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WT 1988 USAFE


1988 William Tell Meet for United States Air Forces in Europe, UnUsed......inquire

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WT 1988 and 1996


USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1988, UnUsed...(sold)

USAF AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS MEET William Tell 1996, UnUsed.....(sold)
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178th FS WT


( click on patch for details )



Bases
 

Greenland

Large Thule AFB, Greenland Patches from the 1950s

                                                     Large                                                                                                     Larger
 
                                                     6 3/16"                                                                                                        7"

Left - B-29 depicted, sites: BW-1 & BW-8 & Thule Air Force Base, UnUsed.....100.00

Right - B-29 depicted, sites: BW-1 & BW-8 & Thule Air Force Base, UnUsed..(sold)
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Very Large 7 3/8" Greenland Patch

 

7.3/8" "The Top of the World" "Thule" "Nord" sites: "BW-1" "BW-8", F-89s depicted, UnUsed..(sold)
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Large Blue Jay patch from Thule, AFB

7"
 
7"

F-89(?) Thule Greenland Top of the World Blue Jay Patch, UnUsed...(sold)

( Is Blue Jay an Air Force Operation/Project? )
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Thule, Greenland Air Base Bullion Patches

"THULE-AIR-BASE",  Black Pelon backing, UnUsed.....41.00

SAC "Flipping the Bird" 3.25" patch, "The World's Northernmost Sandpit", UnUsed.....(sold)

"THULE-AIR-BASE",  Black Pelon backing, UnUsed.......42.00
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"United States Air Force Thule Greenland", UnUsed...(sold)

4683rd Air Base Group, "365 Hard Ones Thule Air Base"........(sold)

F-89(?) "Thule Air Base Greenland".......(sold)
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Sonderstrom United States Air Force Base, 4 5/8, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......68.00

Thule Air Force Base, Greenland, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......95.00



Aircraft
 

A-1 Skyraider



click on picture for details

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Vietnam made A-1 patches


click on picture for details

 
B-1B

Lancer


"B-1B FIRST FLIGHT OCTOBER 1984" "IN MEMORY OF 1929 - 1984" "DOUG BENEFIELD CHIEF TEST PILOT", UnUsed....44.00

"B-1B" with bullion thread, UnUsed.......38.00
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B-1 TEST TEAM, worn on top-right corner but looks new, UnUsed......28.00

B-1 FOT & E Test Team, UnUsed......42.00

B-1 Subdued, lots of wear, Used......(sold)
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B-1B, RFU, Used......24.00

B-1B "PREPARED FOR PEACE", UnUsed......48.00

 
Lockheed TR-1

 

Lockheed TR-1, looks lik a Factory patch, pigtail style ME, plastic back.....inquire
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partial TR-1 History
TR-1 (TAC RECON version of the U-2 for USAFE missions) first flew in 1981, had a Large pod under each wing
17th RW at Alconbury flew TR-1As circa 1983 - 1991
TR-1As Redesignated U-2Rs (theTR-1B (two-seat trainer) was redesignated TU-2R)

 
B-2 Stealth  Bomber


Coffee Cup, UnUsed......29.00
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Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB, RFU, Used.......(sold)

B-2 Test Team Northrop Grumman, UnUsed......(sold)

B-2 Bomber, UnUsed.....36.00

B-2 Flight Test Aircrew, UnUsed......(sold)
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Stealth B-2 Bomber, UnUsed....(sold)

B-2, UnUsed.......(sold)

pre-1994 patch, USAF Northrop B-2, UnUsed....(sold)
( in early-1994 the Northrop Corporation purchased Grumman )

Spirit of America B-2 Stealth, UnUsed.....32.00

B-2 Spirit, SBRA/JDAM82, USAF NGACS Boeing, UnUsed...44.00

 
U-2 Aircraft


349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron


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UI U-2 patch

I could not find this patch on the Web

 

3 7/8" wide, PELON backing with the older-style long-pigtail, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed.....inquire
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99th SRS Thai made patch from Vietnam Era


Left - see this 99th SRS "period piece" insignia

Modern Reproduction U-2 patch on right, Unused......inquire


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UI#210 - unidentified U-2 patch made in Thailand


click on picture
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probable partial History of U-2s in SEA
SAC sent a detachment of 4 x U-2s from the 4080th SRW  to Bien Hoa, RVN (OL-20) on February 14 1964 to fly missions over NVN
4080th SRW was redesignated 100th SRW February 11, 1966 and relocated to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
U-2 DET(OL-20) at Bien Hoa AB, RVN was Redesignated 349th SRS o/a June 25, 1966
On July 1, 1970 the 349th SRS(OL-20) at Bien Hoa AB relocated to  U-Tapao, RTAFB, Thailand and was redesignated 99th SRS (OL-RU); remaining until March 1976

see SR-71 section for a U-2 "PSD"  patch

Good site for U-2 & SR-71 RECON:  http://www.blackbirds dot net/index.html

E-3 AWACS

see B-52 section for a Boeing E-3A patch


E-4 Aircraft

1st Airborne Command Control Squadron


click on picture

 
F-4 Phantom II


Original F-4 Factory Patch
& under-Tab for North Vietnam Missions

McDonnell took-over Douglas Aircraft on April 28 1967


First Phantom II Factory Patch and North Vietnam Arc, UnUsed......155.00


( Original McDonnell Factory designed/supplied bottom-Arc for F-4 Pilots flying missions over North Vietnam )

( The "Ace of Spades"  Spook design came later - see below )

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Large Okinawa/Japan made F-4 Phantom II


large camo F-4, Oki made, UnUsed...........inquire

( also on NA page )

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McDonnell Douglas Phantom II

30th Anniversary


1958 - 1988, 4" factory patch, Un Used.......inquire


F-4E

 

larger 5" F-4E right shoulder flash, RFU jacket, never washed, Used.....inquire

 
F-4 Phantom Triangle

  

RFU, Used.......(sold)

( also on htm & 44-299 squadrons pages )


Japan Made

 

UnCommon, Japan made, camouflaged F-4 "100 MISSION over NORTH VIETNAM",
circa 1966-68, RFU, Used..........(sold)


Missions over North Vietnam

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F-4 and RF-4 100 Missions


F-4 Factory patch, UnUsed......inquire

RF-4 Factory patch, RFU flight suit, Used.....inquire


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RF-4 RECON 200 Missions Factory Patch


RF-4 2 Hundred Missions over Vietnam Factory patch, Unused...175.00

F-4 200 Missions over Vietnam Factory patch, Unused....165.00


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300 Missions over Vietnam

Made in Japan


"3 HUNDRED MISSIONS F-4 VIETNAM", made in Japan, staple mark on lower-left, UnUsed.....250.00

F-4 Phantom II "Spook", 4.75" Japan made, UnUsed........155.00



pre-April 1967 F-4 Factory Patches

3 x variations of the older insignia


F-4 Phantom II, UnUsed.......44.00

McDonnell early factory patch, UnUsed......43.00

UnUsed........42.00

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pre-April 1967 Factory Patch, 3", older style ME, UnUsed.........(sold)

post-merger Factory Insignia, no Red paint on wing surfaces, UnUsed.......32.00


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post-merger, Factory Insignia


post-April 1967 Factory 3" patch, no red paint on wings, UnUsed.......31.00

post-merger, No Red Paint and NO National Emblem on Left-Wing, Unusual patch, UnUsed, 41.00

post-merger, no red paint, UnUsed......30.00



RF-4C

 

RF-4C Phantom II 4 7/8" patch, cheesecloth backing, older 2 pigtail style ME, UnUsed......65.00

RF-4C Phantom II 4.75", cheesecloth backing, minor stains on wing and fuselage, UnUsed......66.00

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RF-4C "Rock and Roll", probably Korean made, circa 1980s(?), UnUsed......48.00




F-4 Phantom II, Asian made Red Disc, UnUsed...(sold)

F-4 Phantom "Freehand machine embroidery" Japan made, 4 1/8" "Tulip" F-4, Used.......135.00



F-4 "Hours" Insignia
 

F-4 Phantom II "1000 Hours", 5 3/8", UnUsed....55.00

F-4 Phantom II "3000 Hours", 5 3/8", UnUsed...(sold)

F-4 Phantom II "3000 Hours" (purple figure), 5 3/8", UnUsed...19.00




Generic F-4 Phantom II, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed..............(sold)



"Phantom Phyler", 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Tan Son Nhut (TSN) in 1967, Older ME, UnUsed.....46.00

"WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR  AIR DEFENSE EXPERT", F-4 patch, on VELCRO, Used..(sold)

"TISEO" - F-4G Advanced Wild Weasel "Target Indentification System Electro-Optical" weapons system,
older ME with cheesecloth backing material, Oldest looking TISEO I have owned, UnUsed..(sold)



F-4D/E PAVE SPIKE LASER Pod


AN/ASQ-153 factory patch, cheesecloth backing, RFU, Used.......73.00

PAVE SPIKE, 4", factory patch, thick paper backing, UnUsed..........74.00


AVQ-26 PAVE TACK
PAVE TACK is a LASER designator Weapon Delivery System pod used with selected
F-4D(EF-4D), F-4E, RF-4C aircraft for precision navigation, target location and target designation  


RF-4C Reconnaissance Factory Insignia

 

RF-4C, removed from jacket, Used......59.00

 
F-4 WILD WEASELS

( probably older than the F-4G era, maybe F-105 or F-4C era? )

 

"WILD WEASELS SAMBUSTERS", made in North Asia, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed.....inquire

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F-4G Wild Weasel 5


probably a 90th TFS patch, made in the PI, RFU, Used....inquire

bottom center - F-4G Phantom II, cheesecloth backing, Unused......inquire

"ADVANCED WILD WEASEL", UnUsed.....28.00


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made in Thailand, UnUsed.......inquire

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F-4G Wild Weasel

 

UnUsed......(sold)
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Rare Wild Weasel patch


click on picture for details
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Desert Storm Wild Weasel 5

(  probably for the  35th and 52nd TFWs(P) )


"IRAQI DEATH WISH" WW5, UnUsed......44.00

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124th Fighter Group

  

click on picture for details

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(  click this link for  F-105 WWs  )


C-5 Galaxy


1960s C-5 Test Team patches removed from an L-2B Jacket

( L-2B Flying Jacket was dated 1963 - patches are probably circa 1968 )


 Lockheed C-5 Factory Patch, Used.........70.00

USAF C-5 Test Team, Used........80.00



F-5 Freedom Fighter 

"Skoshi Tiger" Program at Bien Hoa?

( could this be for the 4503rd TFS(P) that took F-5As to SEA for Evaluation in 1965-66;
redesignated 10th Fighter Commando Squadron and attached to the 3rd TFW at Bien Hoa;
unit was disbanded and F-5s turned-over to the VNAF? )
 
 

F-5 "Fly the Friendly Sky of Laos", 3.25", Thailand made, UnUsed......inquire


Vietnam made F-5

Hand-Embroidered in Vietnam - high-quality workmanship

shown in Robert C. Mikesh's Flying Dragons Book, page 160


click on picture


Section One


Factory insignia, with 2-pigtails, late-1960s era, UnUsed......inquire
( similar patches worn by 425th TFTS personnel )

circa late-1960s, looks Factory(?), UnUsed........inquire

4.75" foreign made (country unknown), UnUsed.....inquire



Section Two, F-5 Instructor Pilot


F-5, Blue background,older plastic back, UnUsed.......inquire

F-5 "IP" (Instructor Pilot), UnUsed..(sold)



Section Four

(Grouping from One Pilot (except top-left))

( This Grouping may belong in the Marine Corps VMFT-401 Section(?) )
 

"F-5 Tiger II", 4.25", circa 1970s with Blue Plastic backing, Unused......inquire

"F-5 Tiger II", older plastic backing, circa 1970s, Unused......inquire
(ID'd from Mr. Holmberg's USMC book as "1st pattern patch by Northrop at Hawthorn, California")
(VMFT-401 flew Tiger IIs at MAS Yuma)

Baby Tiger, Asian made(?), Factory patch(?), UnUsed.....inquire
( the little Tiger maybe years older than the rest of the Grouping; could be a "Skoshi Tiger" Cap insignia? )

RECON Tiger with Binoculars, has peel-off backing (to aply to a hard surface or cloth(?)), UnUsed.....inquire
( I have a similar patch marked: "Northrup RF-5" on the back )
Tiger Head "II", with plastic back, Unused.......inquire

F-5 Tigers Triangle, light stain in Bottom-Left,Plastic back, UnUsed......inquire



Section Five


Class "69 E", cheesecloth backing, RFU, Used....(sold)

"E", older ME, UnUsed........inquire

"F-5E/F" (has "K" written on it 2 x  times), listed in USMC Book(?), plastic backing, Unused......inquire


Section Six

( Only 3 x F-20s (first know as F-5Gs) were built )


large 4.5" Northrop F-20 Tigershark, UnUsed...........inquire

F-20 Tigershark, UnUsed...........inquire

 Rockwell International "F-5 Super Tiger", unknown usage but may be a Weapons System(?), UnUsed.....inquire


Section Seven

 

F-5E Northrop Tiger II, 2 7/8" older merrowed-edge Factory patch, circa 1969-71, UnUsed........inquire

 
A-7 Corsair II


Vought A-7D

USAF version of the Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) A-7

referred to as a "SLUFF" (Short Little Ugly F*****)


metallic thread, Unused......inquire

a little larger variation, metallic thread, Unused......inquire


the A-7D was used for the last bombing mission in Cambodia


A-10 Warthog

21st Fighter Squadron "Panthers"


click on picture


F-15 Eagle


F-100 Engine


F-15 Eagle Sierra Hotel, older style plastic backing, UnUsed.....inquire
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 F-15 Wild Weasel


F-15 WW, UnUsed......inquire

not much History
In 1994 a contract was given to McDonnell Douglas to upgrade the F-15C to a Wild Weasel configuration
Unknown outcome - anyone know, email

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Eagle Shooter


UnUsed.....inquire
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UnCommon Eagle Swirls

Eagle Feeder

Eagle Blesser

Eagle Controller

Eagle Defender


Early soft (pliable) patches with cheesecloth backing, UnUsed.......inquire

 

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Large F-15 DEMO Team Backpatch

Patch was too large for the scanner - it is in perfect OVAL condition


10.75" wide F-15 Aerial Demonstration Team, Tactical Air Command, UnUsed.......inquire
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44th TFS Vampire F-15 Swirl


click on picture


F-16 Falcon

Fighting Falcon

( also called the "VIPER" )


oldest F-16 Swirl I have seen, RFU, Used.......(sold)
( ?1970s Vintage? )

F-16 Swirl, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......28.00


First Operational F-16s delivered to the 388th TFW in January 1979



"FALCON RALLY", Nellis AFB, Nevada, large printed, UnUsed.........46.00

"Fighting Falcon" Fort Worth, Texas, "QUALITY CONTROL", looks 1970s construction, UnUsed.....48.00



F-16XL Combined Test Force, UnUsed.....44.00

U. S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, UnUsed....43.00

TEST TEAM, F-16 Multirole Fighter, UnUsed......42.00


TAC F-16

 

F-16 Tactical Air Command pre-1992 Coffee Cup, part of price sticker on bottom, UnUsed.....28.00


F-16 - 4th Perfect Delivery


F-16 Quality perfection, UnUsed........inquire

F-16 Fighting Falcon Built Right - Bred to Fight, UnUsed.....inquire



smaller F-16 Fighting Falcon, UnUsed.......22.00

F-16 Fighting Falcon, UnUsed.......23.00

F-16 "Starfighter", Royal Netherlands Air Force (see note), uncommon patch, UnUsed......65.00

F-16 Fighting Falcon, UnUsed.......26.00

(The RNAF F-16 insignia was incorrectly made with the word "Starfighter".
They had previously flown the F-104 Starfighter and the name was mistakenly used on some F-16 patches
See the F-104 RNAF patch below.)


F-16 Test Team Insignia


F-16 ACF Joint Test Team, Unused......(sold)

F-16XL Combined Test Force, UnUsed.....(sold)

F-16 Combined Test Force, ME, UnUsed.....35.00

F-16 variation of the -above-Combined Test Force, ME, UnUsed.....34.00


Factory F-100 Pratt & Whitney Engine patch

 

F-16 "F-100", 4 1/8" metallic-looking-thread, early-1970s plastic-back construction, UnUsed.......inquire

(1st F-16 delivery to the Air Force was December 1974)

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F-100 Engine Maintenance


4", metallic-looking-thread, early-1970s plastic-back construction, UnUsed........inquire


F-16 Zero Discrepancy Insignia


General Dynamics In recognition of the 500th Zero Discrepancy F-16 Ship No. 5C-232, UnUsed.......inquire

General Dynamics In recognition of the 600th Zero Discrepancy F-16 Ship No. 5C-340, UnUsed.......inquire

General Dynamics In recognition of the 700th Zero Discrepancy F-16 Ship No. 5D-0062, UnUsed.......inquire




F-16 Multirole Fighter (Thurderbird Team color scheme(?)), Unused......34.00

F-16 Falcon Pratt & Whitney engine insignia, Used........25.00

F-16 Fighting Falcon, Unused......24.00

Fighting Falcon, UnUsed......23.00



F-16 Fighting Falcon, has Velcro on back, looks New, Used....(sold)