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Old 09-22-2011, 20:38   #3
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Red Ball with SF in it?

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Originally Posted by tac.viking View Post
Gentlemen, I noticed on a recent USASOC News Service SWCS clip a SFQC SUT instructor was wearing a khaki cap with what looked to be 'old-school' British SOE/US OSS jump wings embroidered on the front. Pretty cool to see. Did the FSSF wear this style of wings as well?
Red Ball with the SF on it and wings on either side?

It is interesting to look at a collection of the world's Airborne Wings.

As a generalization you'll find a country's wings modeled after the other country that set up it's Airborne Program.

An interesting bit on US jump wings.

http://www.paratrooper.be/articles/jump-wings/
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