08-24-2015, 21:59
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Foreign Jump Wings
Ok, I'll start. I earned mine in Morocco in '85. I almost got a set of Eqyptian wings but a safety officer from the 18th Airborne Corps deemed an Egyptian Mi-8 unsafe to jump for some reason. That was at Cairo West during Operation Bright Star.
So, who has the largest collection of wings? The most exotic? The hardest to earn?
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08-25-2015, 05:57
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Hmm, I got a few. no pics though. Belgium, Egyptian, Sudanese, Kenyan, British and UAE. been a coupla places I guess...
I should plaster'em all over a uniform one day, I'd look like a Spanish General...lolol
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08-25-2015, 06:08
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The two I wore most often - RTA (Thailand '73) and Battaglione Sabotatori Paracadutisti (Italy '76) - less often Brazil ('72) and BW (Germany '77).
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08-25-2015, 06:22
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Paraguayan were my favorite pair since I earned them in their aircraft flying over their country with their jumpmasters. At the time they were also fairly rare in the community. I also have Bolivian jump and jumpmaster wings, and a couple of others I "earned" during toy drops.
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08-25-2015, 07:27
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A few
Kenya (Both Basic & Dispatcher) , Sudan, Pakistan and Zaire.
Got two jumps towards my French wings. One in Africa and one in France. Don't think I'll get the other three jumps in.
You can tell me and Glebo were hitting the same dirt.
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08-25-2015, 07:57
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Germany, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador (JM), Colombia (JM)
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08-25-2015, 08:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glebo
I should plaster'em all over a uniform one day, I'd look like a Spanish General...lolol
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We used to have monthly 'Pay Day' formations in the 7th SFGA out on Alamo Field in either Class A (greens) or B (khakis/TWs) uniform.
One time our Group Cdr (COL Love) said he was tired of the senior NCOs not wearing all their authorized A&Ds (most just wore a CIB/CMB and parachute badge), and ordered them to wear ALL their awards for the next monthly formation.
The following month, as ordered, many of them then showed up with a half-dozen or so foreign wings and badges...and looked like some DPRK GO. The guys over in Center, IMA, and the 5th SFGA thought it was hilarious and the jokes came fast and furious.
That ended that, and things quickly returned to the way they had been. 
Richard
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08-25-2015, 08:43
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Most proud of my Egyptian wings, "earned" on a Bright Star. I was ADVON for 2/75, airlanded never jumped, but was somehow manifested  .
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08-25-2015, 08:49
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Yup
Tunisian, German, Norwegian, Danish, Aussie, Poland.
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08-25-2015, 09:27
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Jordanian and Honduran jump wings, Jordanian Divers badge.
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08-25-2015, 09:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mojaveman
Ok, I'll start. I earned mine in Morocco in '85. I almost got a set of Eqyptian wings but a safety officer from the 18th Airborne Corps deemed an Egyptian MI-8 unsafe to jump for some reason. That was at Cairo West during Operation Bright Star.
So, who has the largest collection of wings? The most exotic? The hardest to earn?
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North Korean
I'd tell you the story but...... 
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08-25-2015, 11:16
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Thai army, Thai marine corps, Philippines
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08-25-2015, 11:48
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Italian, Honduran, Paraguayan, Uruguayan, Colombian, Argentinian.
Some MFF, some static line, some both.
TR
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08-25-2015, 11:57
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Bolivian, Brazilian
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08-25-2015, 13:28
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Jump wings "earned": US, Italian, Thai, Cambodian.
I'd love to jump with a Polish jump master. Coolest looking wings ever.
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