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Well, here is were I stand now. I contacted the smoke jumpers association and there wings look like something out of a cereal box plus its got association language on it. The wings you guys have shown me are the closest to what I remember. Now they may have changed several times since I was there, 25 plus years ago. From what I remember they looked alot like the VN wings with a Fir Tree in the middle and no parachute....Just a big ass tree with long straight wings. I got through to the school in Missoula today and the head instructor told me to get back to him after the middle of the month, they were running a refresher course getting ready for this upcoming season......poor bastards. I'll take your advice and try and find a certificate. I don't think we had a class number this was ginned up between 5thSFG S-3 Training and their committee head at the time. I think they just fitted us in during a down time. We used their gear but our aircraft and fuel. We Traded wings etc, etc. "Q'.