USAF Patch GLCM USAFE c 486 TMW Tactical Missile Wing Cruise Missile sa

USAF Patch USAFE GLCM 486 TMW Tactical Missile Wing BMG 109G 1987 Ground Launched Cruise Missile Woensdrecht AB Netherlands Subdued fully embroidered cut edge 75mm by 76mm three inches by three inches. 

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Wing History

486 Tactical Missile Wing was the final Ground Launch Cruise Missile GLCM Wing to activate in Europe establishing at Woensdrecht Air Base Netherlands on 27 August 1987 to operate BGM-109G introduced to counteract the threat of the Soviet SS 20 mobile missiles deployed in the Soviet Block from 1975. The Wing was activated during the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty negotiations and was due to receive 48 missiles but in the end were not deployed and no Tactical Missile Squadrons were assigned to the Wing as the treaty was signed on 8 December 1987 prior to the full establishment of the Wing coming into force on 1 June 1988.

The Wing deactivated on 20 September 1988 existing for just over 1 year. 

This patch dates from 1987.