USAF 48th Tactical Fighter Wing TFW Patch F-100D Avionics Maintenance Squadron AMS 1969 – Variant C1

USAF 48th TFW Tactical Fighter Wing Avionics Maintenance Squadron Patch F-100D Super Sabre USAFE 1969 RAF Lakenheath (4 Inch) Variant C1

Validation – Tangible authentic and original

Manufacturer – US Made Schiffli Machined

Manufacture – factory machine fully embroidered through white twill and white gauze stiffener with the some rear locking threads white synthetic

Visibility – colour

Condition – very good has not been sewn to uniform

Size – 100mm by 78mm

Approximate imperial size – three and fifteen sixteenth inches by three and one sixteenth inches

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USAF 48th TFW Patch

F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft

This original 48th Tactical Fighter Wing Avionics Maintenance Squadron patch is from the famous F-100D Super Sabre period.

Chaumont Semoutiers Air Base France

This original 48th Tactical Fighter Wing Avionics Maintenance Squadron patch is from the famous F-100D Super Sabre period.

Activating at Chaumont Semoutiers Air Base France on 10 July 1952 the 48th Fighter Bomber Wing flying element comprised 492nd, 493rd and 494th Fighter Bomber Squadrons. The Wing upgraded from F-84G Thunderjet to F-86F Sabre aircraft during November 1953.

A new insignia design strengthened Franco-American relations during the Cold War period. Chaumont was located near Frederic Bartholdi’s workshops in eastern France. Bartholdi designed the famous Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The Wing incorporated the Statue of Liberty into its emblem. On 4 July 1954 the mayor of Chaumont granted the Wing its honorary title  Statue de la Liberte subsequently used on its emblem. The Wing became known as “The Statue of Liberty Wing” and “Liberty Wing”.

In late 1956 the Wing converted from F-86F Sabre aircraft to F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft. The F-100D became one of USAFE’s principal NATO tactical fighter aircraft. The Wing assumed direct control of combat squadrons on 8 December 1957 when the 48th Fighter Bomber Group was inactivated. The Wing became the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing on 8 July 1958. Flying squadrons were redesignated Tactical Fighter Squadrons following the name change.

RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom

Rising political tensions forced USAFE units to leave France during the late 1950s. Under Project Red Richard the Wing redeployed to RAF Lakenheath, England, during January 1960. RAF Lakenheath became a major NATO fighter base during the Cold War years. The Wing supported NATO exercises and tactical evaluations throughout Europe. Deployments included Turkey, Italy, Spain and bases across the United Kingdom. The Wing earned its first Air Force Outstanding Unit Award between 1961 and 1964.

During 1972 the Wing began conversion to the F-4D Phantom II aircraft. The final F-100D Super Sabre departed RAF Lakenheath during August 1974.

This 4-inch patch is highly collectible among USAFE and Cold War aviation collectors.

 

48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron

48th AEMS AMS CRS CMS Avionics Maintenance Squadron

Timeline

48th Tactical Fighter Wing 

48th Armament and Electronics Maintenance Squadron AEMS 1958-1969

• 48th AEMS activated at Chaumont Semoutiers Air Base France on 15 November 1958 assigned to 48th Tactical Fighter Wing.
• The Wing was equipped with F-100D Super Sabre aircraft
• 48th Tactical Fighter Wing and its components relocated to RAF Lakenheath UK January 1960.
• 48th AEMS was inactivated on 15 January 1962 before being reactivated on 14 May 1964.

48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron AMS 1969-1981

• 48th Armament and Electronics Maintenance Squadron was redesignated 48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron on 1 January 1969
• The Wing reequipped with F-4D Phantom II in 1972
• The Wing reequipped with F-111F Aardvark fighter bombers in 1977
• 48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron was redesignated 48th Component Repair Squadron on 31 August 1981

48th Component Repair Squadron CRS 1981-2002

• 48th Component Repair Squadron was activated on 31 August 1981 on the redesignation of 48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron
• 48th CRS was reassigned to 48th Fighter Wing when it replaced the designation of 48th Tactical Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991
• The Wing began its transition to F 15 Eagle aircraft on 15 February 1992
• 48th CRS was reassigned to 48th Logistics Group With the introduction of a new Group level below the Wing level on 31 March 1992
• 48th Component Repair Squadron was Redesignated 48th Component Maintenance Squadron on 25 September 2002

48th Component Maintenance Squadron CMS 2002 to Present

• 48th Component Maintenance Squadron was activated on 25 September 2002 on the redesignation of 48th Component Repair Squadron.
• 48th CMS was reassigned to 48th Maintenance Group on the redesignation of 48th Logistics Group in October 2002

 

Emblem –

Description – On a shield divided diagonally top left to bottom right with three coloured sectors blue at the top right yellow in the middle and red at the bottom left a white sword with black white and yellow hilt with circling electrons red and black to top of hilt on a black aircraft plan diagonal point and nose down to bottom left. At the top is a white banner edged black with blue letters “Statue of Liberty Wing” and the unit designation is on the shield – “A&E Maintron” “Avionics”

Significance – The Squadron emblem is symbolic of the unit, the Air Force, and the national colors. Blue, red, white, and yellow are used in the design. The color blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations, as well as being one of the national colors, and yellow alludes to the sun in the sky and the excellence of the personnel in assigned tasks. Red, as part of the background, is the second national color used. A white sword across the red, yellow, and blue background completes the national colors, and is indicative of the strength and capabilities of the squadron. The encircling electrons are indicative of the nature of the Squadron’s mission. The black aircraft nose down indicates the ground attack purpose of the Wing and the aircraft maintenance role of the Squadron. The white banner above the emblem, with the words in blue, “Statue of Liberty Wing,” symbolizes that the squadron is an integral part of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing.

A new emblem featuring the design on a disc instead of a shield and incorporating a top tab with “Statue of Liberty Wing” and a bottom tab with unit designations was approved on 20 April 1976 just before the transition to F-111F Aardvark aircraft. “48 AMS “ was used while designated 48th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, “48th CRS” or “48 CRS” while designated 48th Component Repair Squadron And “48 CMS” or “Component Maintenance Squadron” when the designation changed 48th Component Maintenance Squadron

Motto –

No motto Unit designations used instead

 

This USAFE 48th TFW Avionics Squadron F-100D Super Sabre era patch dates from 1969.