SR-71 Flight Test

SR-71 Flight Test

SR-71 Air Force Flight Test was originally at Edwards AFB, CA, then it moved to Norton AFB, CA to become Det. 51,
then in 1977 it became Det. 6. With the move from Edwards to Norton, the flight test crews had no insignia to wear,
previously they had worn the Edwards AFB insignia(see below), but Norton had no such insignia, so an ever
imaginative Tom Pugh, came up with a design that the flight crews wore....
(Flight test insignia info via Tom Pugh)


Then after the embroidered patches ran out the "official" version became a silk-screened version...Left: embroidered, Right: silkscreened



Variations on the flight test patches


I received this from an SR Flight Planner, it was still in the plastic wrapper from the manufacturer


Another variation on the SR Flight Test Patch


And another variation on the SR Flight Test Patch


Edwards AFB, CA patches

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