SEW ON PATCH 1950’s Experimental Airman First Class chevron

SEW ON PATCH

Airman Experimental Airman First Class chevron price is for 1 patch only.

In 1950,  USAF Chief of Staff, directed that enlisted personnel were to be called airmen instead of soldiers. In December 1952, he approved a new design for Airman First, Second, and Third Class chevrons to be produced when current stocks were depleted. (This was not expected to occur until June 1955.) The reason for the design change in the three lower enlisted rank chevrons (from upward curving bars to straight) was to distinguish the non-commissioned officer ranks from the lower ranks.

In 1956,  USAF Chief of Staff. “No change to be made in insignia.”Although the new chevron was never used, some of the stock that was manufactured.

 Airman First Class chevron.