144th Air Transport; Squadron Alaska Air National Guard USAF Patch

Description

144th Air Transport Squadron
Alaska Air National Guard
USAF Patch
4" Round
Embroidered/Twill with Merrowed Edge
Never sewn on a uniform or mounted (name penned on back)
Very Good Condition
This unit was activated on 1 July 1957 at Kulis Air National Guard
Base located at
Anchorage International Airport, Alaska
The squadron was a assigned under the
Alaska Air Command
(AAC) on
1 July 1960
It was redesignated as the 144th Air Transport
Squadron Medium (M)
on 1 December 1960
The squadron was inactivated on 1 April 1969
when it was redesignated
as the 144th Tactical
Airlift Squadron
During its tenure it flew C-47A and C-123J
aircraft
The patch design was approved by the Heraldry Office
on 30 April 1954;
its designer was the first commander of
the Alaska Air National Guard,
Commander Lars L. Johnson,
who was a fighter bomber pilot in the
Pacific Theater during
World War II; he was also the Territory of Alaska's
first Adjutant General serving from 1951 - 1955
This extremely rare original patch with a unique design was made in 1958
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