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T O P I C R E V I E Wsaturn1bThis 'WILLY' space shuttle patch arrived at the Southern Colorado Space Museum yesterday. Any ideas as to it's origin?capoetcIt is a USAF pilot training class patch."Willy" is Williams Air Force Base, since closed and now called "Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport." The numbers on the patch are the class number... fiscal year - dash - class sequence number.So, 82-05 was in fiscal 1982 and this patch was for the 5th class that year.saturn1bWell that settles that. Thanks so much for the info.------------------ www.socospacemuseum.orgmuseumcurator@hotmail.com
"Willy" is Williams Air Force Base, since closed and now called "Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport." The numbers on the patch are the class number... fiscal year - dash - class sequence number.
So, 82-05 was in fiscal 1982 and this patch was for the 5th class that year.
------------------ www.socospacemuseum.orgmuseumcurator@hotmail.com
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