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Post-Vietnam:  Who are you guys again?

TAC/MAC/ACC/AFSOC, blue berets, grey berets, sowt, sowt-te, cwt(a) and the "crosswalk"

Whew!

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5th Weather Squadron Flash, worn with Master Wings on the Maroon Beret

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Air Weather Service (AWS) Parachutist Flash, worn with Master Wings on the Medium Blue Beret

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AWS Parachutist Flash, worn with the 1st SOWT Crest on the Pewter Grey Beret

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AWS Parachutist Flash, worn with the Combat Weather Team (Airborne) crest on the Pewter Grey Beret by Conventional Airborne personnel in Air Combat Command (ACC)

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AFSOC Parachutist Flash, worn with the Combat Weather Team (Airborne) crest on the Pewter Grey Beret by SOWT personnel in Air Force Special Operations Command

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5th Weather Squadron Flash, worn with Parachutist Wings on the Maroon Beret

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Air Weather Squadron (AWS) Flash, worn with Parachutist Wings on the Medium Blue Beret



AWS Parachutist Flash, shown worn on the Pewter Grey Beret with both variations of the 1st SOWT Crest - The short-lived cloisonne enamel version we all hated, and the privately purchased all metal version 
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AWS Parachutist Flash, worn with the Combat Weather Team (Airborne) crest on the Pewter Grey Beret by Conventional Airborne personnel in Air Combat Command (ACC)

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AFSOC Parachutist Flash, worn with the Combat Weather Team (Airborne) crest on the Pewter Grey Beret by SOWT personnel in Air Force Special Operations Command

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Tactical Airlift Command (TAC) patch worn by AWS Parachutists post-Vietnam

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Military Airlift Command (MAC) patch worn by AWS Parachutists in the 1980s and 1990s

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Air Combat Command patch worn by AWS Parachutists assigned to Combat Weather Team (Airborne) units supporting Conventional US Army Airborne units beginning in the 1990s

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Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) patch worn by AWS Parachutists assigned to Special Operations Weather Teams supporting US Army and Air Force Special Operations units, beginning in the 1990s

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Photo of Operation Eagle Claw wreckage.

Environmental Reconnaissance in OEF:
Special Operations Weather’s Leading Role

by Maj Joe Benson, USAF

To see this excellent article, click HERE