USAF Patch Bomb c 801 BW Bomb Wing Provisional Desert Storm B 52 Moron AB Spain

USAF Patch Deployed 801 BW Bombardment Wing Provisional Storm Team Desert Shield Desert Storm B 52G 1991 Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 103mm four inches diameter.

Wing History 

801 Bomb Wing Provisional P was activated at Moron AB Spain in August 1990 at Moron AB Spain for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm with B 52G Bombers gathered together from a number of US based USAF Squadrons forming the composite 801 Bomb Squadron Provisional to carry out long distance bombing missions on targets in Iraq and Iraqi controlled Kuwait. The Wing was temporarily attached to 7 Air Division Ramstein AB Germany which had been activated in 1978 to provide command and control for SAC units assigned to USAFE. 

801 Bomb Squadron Provisional was made up from 69 Bomb Squadron of 42 Bomb Wing Loring AFB 524 Bomb Squadron of 379 Bomb Wing Wurtsmith AFB 668 Bomb Squadron of 416 Bomb Wing Griffiss AFB 340 Bomb Squadron of 97 Bomb Wing Eaker AFB. Following the successful campaign 801 Bomb Wing Provisional and its operational Squadron was inactivated in March 1991. 

This patch dates from 1991.