Patch - 20th Special Ops - GREEN HORNETS - Vietnam War, Covert Operations Badge

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Elite Special Operations Squadron 20th Special Operations Squadron Classified, Covert Operations 20th SOS Pony Express - Green Hornets 20th SOS - Green Hornets Superb Rare Piece. Vietnam War Patch of the USAF, 20th Special Operations Squadron. The 20th SOS were responsbile 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. Known as the 'Green Hornets' and later becoming famous for their operation of the 'PONY EXPRESS' (Operation Pony Express) their missions commenced in 1965 and included the illegal transport of Men and equipment into areas were (at the time) the war did not officially exist. 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 were they could locate POW's and damage supply routes of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Althought 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 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). They were deactivated in 1972. Extra Rare Piece Flight Jacket patch Ground / Air Ops Measures - 6 x 5 inches ( 15 x 12 cms ) Vietnam War Original Post: Post, Anywhere Worldwide is $4.00 - USA / Australia $4.00 - (international Posted via Airmail, we post daily). 2nd and subsequent patches (or bank-notes) are sent free of postal charge when sent in same order. FREE POST - Free Post is supplied for orders of 5 or more Patches, Maps, Notes, Badges or Medals paid and posted in same weekly order (must be paid within 7 days of first purchase). Command 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, 1 st Infantry Division, 1 st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25 th Infantry Division, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101 st Airborne Division, 82 nd Airborne, 173 rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199 th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5 th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23 rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38 th Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11 th Infantry Brigade, 11 th Armored, 196 th , 1 st Aviation, 18 th 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, read more

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