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[QUOTE]G.H.O.S.T.
One of the more recent patches from the "Ghost Squadron" based at Groom Lake. The design of the skull's helmet indicates that "Ghost" is a helicopter unit. The footprints on the helmet mark the trace of the "Jolly Green Giant," a symbol that represents helicopter search and rescue missions. This patch also seems to indicate that "G.H.O.S.T." is an acronym for the unit. The meaning of the acronym is unclear.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]BIRD OF PREY
The Bird of Prey was a highly classified technology demonstrator that first flew at Groom Lake in 1996. Built by a secretive division of McDonnell Douglas (later acquired by Boeing) known as the "Phantom Works," the aircraft was flown by Boeing pilots Rudy Haug and Joe Felock. Doug Benjamin of the secret Special Projects Flight Test Squadron was the only Air Force pilot to fly the aircraft.
Although the shape of the plane was secret in 1996, the Bird of Prey patch contained an important clue. When Boeing declassified the Bird of Prey's existence in 2002, it became obvious that the handle of the sword was essentially the same shape as the aircraft. This distinctive sword has since become incorporated into the symbolism of the Special Projects Flight Test Squadron. [/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT MILITARY SPACEPLANE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
This patch is from the Phillips Laboratory Military Spaceplane Technology (MIST) Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
The original version of the patch sported an "X-Wing" fighter from the Star Wars movies. When lawyers representing George Lucas delivered the unit a cease and desist order, the aircraft on the patch was changed into the shape that appears on this patch.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]The origins and purpose of this patch remain obscure. The green figure holding the sword (or dagger) wears the cloak-and dagger garb often associated with black projects. There is a star in the northern hemisphere under the letter "S" and another red star in the American Southwest. The red star might refer to an operating location, but the patch provides no real clue as to where it might be. The Southwest is home to numerous classified units. Air Force Space Command in Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico; White Sands, New Mexico; Groom Lake, Nevada; and the Tonopah Test Range are all possibilities, and there are many more.
The words "A Lifetime of Silence" no doubt refer to the fact that members of this unit or project cannot speak about what they do. The image of a "Green Door" is also obscure. Military intelligence officers have a tradition of working behind locked green vault doors, but the symbol is widely used in popular culture to designate an inaccessible place.
In Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman's 1917 novel The Green Door, a young girl named Letitia longs to open a mysterious little green door in her house, but her aunt forbids it with the words "It is not best for you, my dear." The 1956 hit song "Green Door" is about a man who couldn't get into a party raging behind a green door. [/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]GRIM REAPERS
Grim Reapers was the nickname of the 4451st Test Squadron, which operated under the 4450th Tactical Group at the Tonopah Test Range during the 1980s. The unit's mission was to fly a squadron of classified stealth fighters.
When the Pentagon announced the existence of the stealth fighter program in the late 1980s, the Grim Reapers were redesignated as the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron. After the Grim Reapers' existence became public, the Air Force forced the unit to change their name, as it did not pass the Air Force's requirements for good taste. The Grim Reapers thus became the Ghost Riders.[]ex] [/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]EW DIRECTORATE, TESTUM PONTUS VERATIS
The Electronic Warfare Directorate is the primary EW test organization at Edwards Air Force Base.
Electronic warfare consists of defensive and offensive avionics and includes the so-called "Infowar" revolution in military technologies. Commenting on information warfare, Air Force Chief of Staff John Jumper told Aviation Week and Space Technology that "we're rapidly approaching the time when you can tell an SA-10's [surface-to-air missile system] radar that it's a Maytag washer and put it in the rinse cycle instead of the firing cycle."[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]EWAH
This patch is worn by people working for a unit descended from the 413th Flight Test Squadron. Elements of the former 413th FLTS became a part of the EW Directorate known by its organization code EWAH. Located at North Base at Edwards, EWAH has its own commanding officer who reports directly to the EW Directorate.
The collection of 5+1 stars recalls the nickname Area 51, the Air Force's classified "operating location" at Groom Lake.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]ILLER WHALE, DETERRITUM PER TESTANDUM SUPRA TERRAM
"Killer Whale" was a nickname for the AGM-137 Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile, also known as TSSAM, which was a 1980s project to develop a stealth cruise missile. The name "Killer Whale" has a somewhat complicated history. In the early 1980s, Northrop developed a stealthy prototype aircraft codenamed "TACIT BLUE," which pioneered the use of rounded shapes for stealth aircraft. Because of the plane's unusual shape, it became known as the "Whale" or "Shamu," and the Northrop crews working on the project at Groom Lake became known as "whalers." After TACIT BLUE, which was unarmed, proved that this stealth technology was effective, Northrop began work on the Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile, which was a variation on the TACIT BLUE design, and resembled the unusually-shaped stealth aircraft. Thus, while the unarmed TACIT BLUE was known as the "Whale," its cruise missile cousin became known as the "Killer Whale." The Latin phrase "Deterritum Per Testandum Supra Terram" is hard to decipher. The words vaguely translate as "Deterrence/Through/Witness/Above/Earth. Members of the test team choose to interpret it loosely as "Deterrence Through Flight Test."
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[QUOTE]This patch is from the 22nd Military Airlift Squadron, who flew C-5 cargo aircraft out of Travis Air Force Base in Northern California. Part of the 22nd MAS' mission was to conduct late night operations picking up classified aircraft from aerospace plants in Southern California and delivering them to classified locations for testing and evaluation.
When the 22nd MAS undertook these missions, its crews would take off their everyday heraldry and Velcro this patch to their uniforms.
The black background and crescent moon on the patch probably represent the unit's night operations. The silver lining represents star light. The question mark signifies classified operations. The letters "NOYFB" stand for "None of Your F#g Business."[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]PROCUL ESTE PROFANI —SPECIAL PROJECTS
This patch is from the 416th Flight Test Squadron's Special Projects Flight working on advanced technologies for the F-16 Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base.
The phrase Procul Este Profani is usually associated with Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid. When Apollo arrives at the Temple of Apollo, the prophet Sibyl utters the words "Procul, O procul este profane" before the pair descend into Hades, where Aeneas is told about the future of Rome.
Members of the unit translate the phrase as "Keep your distance, you who are uninitiated." [/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]F-22 LOW OBSERVABLES FLIGHT TEST, RAPTOR 4004-JUST PASSING THROUGH
This commemorative patch for a classified flight test of an F-22 Raptor aircraft at Groom Lake shares many symbols with the Special Projects Flight Test Squadron patch. The mascot here is a raptor wearing the clothes of a wizard (like those on the Special Projects Flight Test Squadron patch). The Greek letter sigma hangs from the figure's neck. The collection of six stars, again, is a reference to Area 51. The phrase "IdB" may reference the intended or actual radar cross section measurement of the aircraft. The words JUST PASSING THROUGH reference the fact that, for this test, the airplane had only to fly through the RCS measurement range while engineers collected data from monitoring stations on the ground.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]Classified, that is, unless you can read into the NRO's weird symbolism. Apparently, the patch -- right down to the angles of those boomerang shapes -- is a dead giveaway about the launch payload, that, it has now been confirmed, were four "Lacrosse" recon-satellites, which give the U.S. military the ability to monitor problem spots around the world and accurately target weapons in almost real time. Yikes, that is a whole other ball of yarn entirely that I am not going to tangle with now.[/QUOTE]
[quote]GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT MILITARY SPACEPLANE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
This patch is from the Phillips Laboratory Military Spaceplane Technology (MIST) Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
The original version of the patch sported an "X-Wing" fighter from the Star Wars movies. When lawyers representing George Lucas delivered the unit a cease and desist order, the aircraft on the patch was changed into the shape that appears on this patch.[/quote]Honestly I'd be pretty fucking proud if something I've made ends up on an army patch.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;35187028]Honestly I'd be pretty fucking proud if something I've made ends up on an army patch.[/QUOTE]
Me too, I'm a bit surprised how no one's commented on how most of the patches are related to classifed work.
The Global Engagement one resembles an X-wing from Star Wars.
theyre pretty cool i guess
Look pretty silly to me.
[QUOTE=Pyth;35186867][img]http://i.imgur.com/THitc.png[/img]
Minecraft[/QUOTE]
Probably Frogman, my great grandfather lost his hearing disarming underwater mines before a beach invasion.
[QUOTE=SaintHitler;35187140]Me too, I'm a bit surprised how no one's commented on how most of the patches are related to classifed work.[/QUOTE]Wouldn't really be all that unique if they weren't related to classified work though.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;35187669]Wouldn't really be all that unique if they weren't related to classified work though.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I found them on a website that took them from a book and saved the pictures on my PC. I don't remember the books title but I think it was "America's Secret Military Patches" or something that was straight to the point.
Some people are selling copies of these patches on Ebay.
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/USAF-BLACK-OPS-AREA-51-BEHIND-GREEN-DOOR-MILITARY-SPACE-INTELLIGENCE-PATCH-/370553514841[/url]
Most people are associating the patches with Area-51.
Wow nice information. I hope we can get this going, I'd like to see more patches.
This book has lots of information about obscure patches [url]http://www.amazon.com/Could-Tell-Then-Would-Destroyed/dp/1933633328/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4060081-6535146?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187072959&sr=8-1[/url]
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The purpose of the AF TENCAP program is to exploit the current and future potential of existing national, commercial, and civil space systems and national air-breathing systems, and to provide these capabilities to the warfighter as rapidly as possible. TENCAP provides situational awareness and decision-making assistance to the commander, while also providing intelligence preparation of the battlefield, targeting assistance, and threat location/avoidance tools to the tactical warfighter. TENCAP uses a rapid-prototyping capability to conduct operational concept demonstrations with prototypes in the field within two years.
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Anyone have more information on this one ? It's really disturbing
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This refers to Revelations 6:12 which says: "I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,"
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Refers to the tailhook scandal : [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_scandal[/url]
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wow amazing
that's really interesting man
Shit...it would be rediculously awesome to be able to wear some of these. Most of these are like a free ticket to getting laid...
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Godfucking damnit Garry fix facepunch my post keeps teleporting.
I am not going to write it all down again, here is a link :
[url]http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/top-10-most-sinister-psyops-mission-patches/[/url]
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The origins and purpose of this patch remain obscure. The green figure holding the sword (or dagger) wears the cloak-and dagger garb often associated with black projects. There is a star in the northern hemisphere under the letter "S" and another red star in the American Southwest. The red star might refer to an operating location, but the patch provides no real clue as to where it might be. The Southwest is home to numerous classified units. Air Force Space Command in Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico; White Sands, New Mexico; Groom Lake, Nevada; and the Tonopah Test Range are all possibilities, and there are many more.
The words "A Lifetime of Silence" no doubt refer to the fact that members of this unit or project cannot speak about what they do. The image of a "Green Door" is also obscure. Military intelligence officers have a tradition of working behind locked green vault doors, but the symbol is widely used in popular culture to designate an inaccessible place.
In Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman's 1917 novel The Green Door, a young girl named Letitia longs to open a mysterious little green door in her house, but her aunt forbids it with the words "It is not best for you, my dear." The 1956 hit song "Green Door" is about a man who couldn't get into a party raging behind a green door.[/QUOTE]
this one is creepy as hell
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;35188158]this one is creepy as hell[/QUOTE]
I think this one is much more creepier.
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[QUOTE]The 23rd Space Operations Squadron (23 SOPS) is a United States Air Force unit located at New Boston Air Force Station in New Hampshire. The patch of this mission features a creepy-looking figure in a creepy hood looking over the earth with creepy eyes, staring creepily at the American continent. However, that is not the creepiest thing in this patch. If you look closely at the contour of the black face, you’ll see another face, with pointy nose and pointy ears, looking left. Who is this creepier dude within an already creepy dude? And what’s up with all the layers of creepy?
The saying “Semper Vigilans” means “Always Vigilant”. At least I can relate to that. But in the context of this patch, it is definitely creepy.[/QUOTE]
I think this stuff it really cool. I like all the symbolism in the patches and how some of them (at least supposedly) secretly convey information about the project. That last part is almost like when serial killers leave clues on how to catch them. Pretty cool and ballsy but risky if anyone actually cracks the code.
[QUOTE=SaintHitler;35187140]Me too, I'm a bit surprised how no one's commented on how most of the patches are related to classifed work.[/QUOTE]
Well the ones that don't belong to secret projects are probably fairly widespread, even if people don't pay much mind to the unit.
Any interesting modern day patches? would be an incentive to join that particular regiment/squadron
Also found this one;
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wtf
[QUOTE=SaintHitler;35188498]I think this one is much more creepier.
[IMG]http://vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/050.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
These guys are probably about 10 minutes down the road from me. I'm not sure what they do, but it's a stretch to call it a base, more like a cluster of buildings.
So from some of these patches I can see, I guess we have a bunch of space squadrons and spies in every country sapping intelligence from around the Globe?
[QUOTE=ZeroMinus;35190284]Any interesting modern day patches? would be an incentive to join that particular regiment/squadron
Also found this one;
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wtf[/QUOTE]
Most likely an NATO regiment in Germany that would of been used during the cold-war if things got hot.
There's some pretty trippy NASA patches.
[img]http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/militarybest_2200_470461587[/img]
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[img]http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/militarybest_2200_431225847[/img]
I've seen a few of these in military museums, their back-stories always do spark the imagination.
Not gonna lie, the USAF has the best patches for stuff like this.
[QUOTE=SaintHitler;35196347]Most likely an NATO regiment in Germany that would of been used during the cold-war if things got hot.[/QUOTE]
Like, 'naked bitches on fire wearing flaming steel gauntlets' hot?
[QUOTE=willer;35196912]Like, 'naked bitches on fire wearing flaming steel gauntlets' hot?[/QUOTE]
[I][B]Maybe.[/B][/I]
[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;35187867]Shit...it would be rediculously awesome to be able to wear some of these. Most of these are like a free ticket to getting laid...[/QUOTE]
LOL
The only patch I'll ever need.
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[QUOTE=Doneeh;35199338]The only patch I'll ever need.
[IMG]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100226033450/stalker/images/d/de/Monolith_Patch.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Haha.
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