Home » Patches » 68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch – Sew On

68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch – Sew On

$11.99

Enjoy this beautifully embroidered 68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch of the United States Air Force.

  • 3 3/4″W x 4″H
  • Embroidered
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran-Owned Business

30 in stock (can be backordered)

Description

68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch – Sew On

Enjoy this beautifully embroidered 68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch of the United States Air Force.

  • 3 3/4″W x 4″H
  • Embroidered
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran Owned Business

The 68th Fighter Squadron was one of the longest-serving fighter squadrons in U.S. Air Force history, remaining active almost continually for 60 years. Known as the “Lightning Lancers”, on the morning of 27 June 1950 pilots of the 68th Fighter-All Weather Squadron flying the North American F-82 Twin Mustang made history by achieving the first aerial kill of the Korean War.

The 68th was most recently part of the 347th Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. It operated General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions. The squadron was inactivated in 2001.

History
World War II
Established in early 1941 as part of the United States’ defense buildup after the breakout of World War II in Europe. Trained under Third Air Force, then deployed to the Southwest Pacific after the Attack on Pearl Harbor for combat duty with Fifth Air Force. Reassigned to Thirteenth Air Force and provided air defense of Tongatabu from, June–October 1942 with a mixture of P-40s and P-39s. Engaged in combat in Solomon Islands, 1943-1944 using long-range P-38 Lightnings; moved to Southwest Pacific and flew missions over New Guinea and Netherlands East Indies during General Douglas MacArthur’s island hopping campaign; arrived in the Philippines in February 1945 and spent the remainder of the war clearing the Japanese from those islands.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “68th Fighter Squadron Lightning Lancers Patch – Sew On”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *