"Combat Sent"
"The One That Worksy"

COMBAT SENT - THE ONE THAT WORKSY - appears to be the first patch for the RC-135U COMBAT SENT aircraft. The patches is Far East made (probably during a TDY to Korea) as it looks typical Korean made for the 1970s/1980s time period. To quote Greg Ogletree from his article: "To put it politely, the muppet Miss Piggy is "dancing" with a Russian bear. The RC-135U model is characterized by it's "chubby cheeks" (like the "V" and "W" models) but with a normal nose rather than the "Snoopy" nose featured on the RIVET JOINT aircrafts". Background information are taken from a feature article, written by now retired Major Greg Ogletree (formerly of 2 ACCS, Offutt) for ASMIC's Trading Post, Spring 1995 issue, pages 33- 54. Greg happily agreed that I could use his article and share the information. The patches shown are out of my own USAF cloth patch collection.

About Andreas Hunold: Andy is a retired German AF MSgt, now working at the NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany as a local civilian and his hobby is the U.S. AIR FORCE! "I'm interested in just every USAF unit and I collect everything from fact sheets to base guides, photos and of course cloth patches! At present I have slightly over 10,000 USAF patches in my collection and quite a few from the 55th SRW."