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PPDRDG Ministry of Historical Perspectives Presents:
Patches and Logos of the Participants Through the Ages... There are more patches from OEF and OIF on this site... CLICK HERE to see them. Got a photo of
a patch or logo from your tour?
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The USS GRAHAM COUNTY
carried the very first
SEABEEs to Diego Garcia: |
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The Very First Operational outfit were these guys, predecessors to the NCTS. |
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Here are a couple versions of the first NAVCOMMSTA Patch after it got commissioned in 1971 |
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Patches from NMCBs 74 and 71 who were there building the base in the 1970s. |
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Of course, the Brits were there almost from the beginning. Here's one of their patches from 1973. |
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Can anyone shed some light on what this outfit was? |
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Robert Donnelly provided this patch from 79-80, when he was on island for the Iranian Hostage Rescue mission. |
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The Navy designated the airfield as a Naval Air Facility for a couple of years in the 1980s, and this was their logo. |
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In 1983, the Air Force
established a Detachment to support the Military
Airlift Command (now called Air Mobility Command)
operations. The parent Command was the C-130
Wing at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. (The webmaster happened
to be the Commander of that Detachment from 1987-1988)
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Patches of some of the MAC squadrons that flew into Diego. The one of the donkey that's been shot in the ass and is shitting parachutes is from the 8th MAS from McChord. (The webmaster
happened to be in both these squadrons and flew into
DG between 1979 and 1987)
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VQ-1 flew P-3s and was seemed to ALWAYS have a detachement on the island in the 1970s and 1980s. |
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Military Sealift Command had a shore based "Unit" to support all the pre-positioned ships in the lagoon. |
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Spooks. |
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If you were on "Legal Hold" your had been busted for dope and destined for a brig somewhere! |
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In the early days, the Brits also operated out of the NAVCOMSTA. |
DESERT STORM - 1991 |
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When the USAF would
deploy for combat, they created "Provisional
Wings". The 4300 Provisional Bomb Wing was
there for OPERATION DESERT STORM. |
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Many thanks to Matt Russ for the HS-75 Det patch! And to Farrell for the Tanker Patch. I know there are lots more stories and patches out there from DESERT STORM, so don't be bashful, send them in! |
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The Queen granted this flag to the BIOT Commissioner in 1990, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Territory. |
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These are patches from the 1998 B-52/KC-10 deployment for OPERATION DESERT FOX. USAF switched from "Provisional" to "Expeditionary" units in the late 1990s. |
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OPERATIONS
ENDURING FREEDOM
&
IRAQI FREEDOM |
2001 - 2006 |
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The 28th was on DG from September 2001, followed by the 40th around January 2002. |
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This was the initial KC-135R Tanker patch for OEF. |
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Various Bomber Patches for OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM, 2001-2006 |
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Strike Fighter Squadron 192 provided initial air security for DG in 2001 to protect the bombers and ships in the lagoon. |
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This is the 40th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, which operated a hospital on Diego Garcia during OEF/OIF. |
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These are 3 and 77 Squadrons, RAAF, which operated FA-18s from DG during OEF. |
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Here are the Patches for GEODSS in 2008 (courtesy Rebecca Greinier) |
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