1st PONY EXPRESS - Flight Patch - USAF - SPECIAL OPERATIONS - Vietnam War - 2423

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Excellent - Rare Piece - US Air Force - Rare - Full Size - Flight jacket PatchLarge - Flight Jacket Patch1st Special Operations Squadron - USAFPony Express1st Special Operations Squadron - 1st / 20 th / 21 st SOSClassified, Covert Operations1st SOS / 20 th / 21 st SOSThe 1st SOS along with the 20 th SOS and 21 st SOS were responsible for the transport of personnel and equipment into war zones throughout Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (North and South) from the time of their arrival in South East Asia in 1965.In the earlier days of the war their cargo were essentially CIA personnel and their agents who would later infiltrate into North Vietnam via Laos.The dropping of indigenous agents into Laos and North Vietnam however had effectively ceased by mid to late 1968 as the numbers caught (or surrendering with valuable information) within days of their drop by far outweighed the number that remained free to the point where the exercise was almost pointless.Also utilised for the support and transport of US Special Forces RECON Teams into areas where they could locate POW's and damage supply routes of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.Although the Project name, PONY EXPRESS highlights the use of the assigned units as been a Transport Unit the actuality of their mission was considerably different with the 1st, 20th and 21st SOS been engaged in combat activity on more than 80% of their assigned missions either on the way to dropping off cargo, on LZ or the return to base as well as missions in which they themselves were active (including the Son Tay raid).All Pony Express Units were deactivated in 1972.For your kind Consideration.Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. If you have any questions please contact me. I post daily. Many thanks.What you see is what you get No Stock Photos used, No SubstitutionsCommand Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op's, Special Operations Group, 5 th Special Forces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, De Oppresso Liber, Airborne, 1 st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, Mobile Guerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force, Operations Detachment, Provincial Recon Unit, Recon Teams, RT, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, Project Omega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions Advisory Force, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, Air Force, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25th Infantry Division, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101 st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne, 173rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38th Infantry Division, Black Op's, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armored, 196th , 1st Aviation, 18th Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, Logistical Command, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range, Special Forces, ARVN, Green Berets, Elite, Recon, Reconnaissance, CCN, CCC, CCS, MACV SOG, SOA, Paratrooper, Parachutist, Vietnam read more

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