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A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:10 pm
by F3
Pl. can anyone identify the squadron whose patch is seen on this recently scanned pic of an A-10 pilot? From my ornithological knowledge am thinking 91 TFS 'Vultures' but verification required.
A-10 pilot by
Michael Britton, on Flickr
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:32 pm
by Bilvo
I would agree it's a Suffolk based squadron from back in the day but I thought it was the 511thTFS with the aircraft marked with Black fin-bands, outlined in white and the "Vultures" name in the band, not the 91st TFS which were blue?
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 5:01 pm
by Fighterfoto
511th TFS
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:26 am
by F3
Three of the WR Sqns. were named after birds. 91st - Vultures, 510th - Buzzards and 511th - Ravens and I must say that the cartoon bird depicted looks more like a Vulture than anything else to me rather than a Raven which is all black. Does anyone have this patch in their collection?
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:12 pm
by Fighterfoto
If you google it you’ll see it’s the 511th.
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:21 pm
by Colin
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:49 pm
by F3
Already done guys. Defo the 511th known as The Vultures. Don't know where I got Ravens from. Probably a NFL telecast! Anyway found the 81 TFW website with all the patches which resolves the issue. Thanks for the help.
Re: A-10 Patch ID needed
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:59 pm
by roughcutter
511th along with the 509th, in the late eighties transferred from the 81st TFW (WR) to Alconbury (AR) to form the 10th TFW (formerly 10th TRW). I remember someone stuck a 'Vultures' zap to the MOD Alconbury road sign, used to keep an eye out for it whenever I drove by. Wonder if it's still there? Probably sun-bleached by now if it still is (like the plastic F-5).
