USAF Patch Air Refueling d 1709 AREFW P AREF Wing Provisional Jeddah b

USAF Patch 1709 AREFW P Air Refueling Wing Provisional Jeddah Warriors Patch 1991 Desert Storm KC 135 KAA Airport Saudi Arabia Velcro Emb on twill merrowed edge 100mm three and fifteen sixteenth inches diameter

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USAF Patch 1709 AREFW P Air Refueling Wing Provisional Jeddah Warriors Patch 1991 Desert Storm KC 135 Stratotanker KAA Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia Velcro Indiana label Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 100mm three and fifteen sixteenth inches diameter.

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Squadron History

 

1709 Air Refueling Wing Provisional AREFW P formed in September 1990 at King Abdulaziz Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to provide air refuelling support to coalition forces.

The Wing controlled KC-135E/A Stratotanker aircraft with six aircraft deployed from 336 Air Refueling Squadron 452 Air Refueling Wing March AFB 31 December 1990 to March 1991 three aircraft deployed from 68 Air Refueling Wing Seymour Johnson AFB North Carolina 31 December 1990 to March 1991 and four aircraft deployed from 72 Air Refueling Squadron 434th Air Refueling Wing Grissom AFB Indiana 5 January 1991 to March 1991.

The Wing was inactivated on 14 March 1991

 

This patch dates from 1991