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POST COLD WAR + END OF AN ERA! NOT an Overseas Knockoff! I do not sell any lot/lots of Items! NO GLUE on back of patch. 100% Fully Embroidered Patch with Cut Edge. Unit emblem/patch certified by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH). Note#1: Attached is a color image for comparison purposes only, free on the NET! Note#2: The unit patch has not been worn on a USAF uniform for 25 years. Note#3: The 5th Space Warning Squadron became the 5th Joint Defense Space. Communications Squadron – JDSCS – Facility Nurrungar, derives from an aboriginal. Color Unit Patches came off the USAF utility uniforms during the late 1970s. After mid 1985 Color patches were worn only on Duty Flight Suites & Flight Jackets. Subdued unit patches started appearing on USAF utility uniforms during the early 1980s. In 2007 USAF prohibited unit patches on the Airman Battle Uniforms (ABU). As of 2018 the USAF has adopted the U. Army Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP). Uniform, authorizing subdued unit patches once again. Squadron was operational as the 5th Joint Defense Space Communications Squadron. Unit was stationed at Woomera, South Australia, Australia. Assigned to the 21st Space Wing/14th Air Force/Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Unit Awards & Decorations. Earned Four Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards. 5th Space Warning Squadron, (5 SWS), was operational from 1982 & inactivated. 1992, was a missile warning unit. Award Seven Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards.