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38 RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON – 1991 – OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA – POST COLD WAR + GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ERA! This is the real deal, authentic/original/genuine period/vintage patch NOT an Overseas Knockoff! 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/suspended 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 is operational from 1991 to Present Unit is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Assigned: 55th Operations Group/55th Wing/16th Air Force/Air Combat Command (ACC) Emblem Approved: 3 March 1942, reinstated on 22 February 1994 Nickname: Hellcat Motto: Ducimus Ceteri Sequuntur, Latin for We Lead, Others Follow Operational Aircraft: – Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint – Reconnaissance Aircraft Tail Code: OF Unit Awards & Decorations: – Awarded Two Distinguished Unit Citation – World War-2 – Awarded 10 Meritorious Unit Awards – Earned 13 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards Service Streamers: World War-2 American Theater Campaign Streamers – World War-2: – Air Offensive, Europe – Normandy, France – Northern France – Rhineland, Germany – Ardennes-Alsace, France – Central Europe – Air Combat, EAME Theater Campaign Streamers – Southwest Asia: – Defense of Saudi Arabia – Liberation & Defense of Kuwait – Cease Fire Campaign – Global War on Terrorism.