6593rd Test Squadron Patch Vintage USAF 60s-early 70s
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| Management number | 21036428 | Release Date | 2025/10/26 | List Price | $22.15 | Model Number | 21036428 | ||
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Original patch for the 6593rd Test Squadron. Vintage USAF 60s-early 70s
The 6593rd Test Squadron was a secret unit that was part of Gen. LeMay's Strategic Air Command (SAC) using C-119 “Flying Boxcars" out of Hawaii with the sole mission of picking up Project CORONA spy satellite cameras as they descended from space by parachute.
They would then fly the Itek camera and film to Rochester, New York to the secret lab at the Kodak headquarters at "Hawkeye Works," where the film was processed and then distributed to "policy makers."
Modified cargo planes (C-119 and C-130) were used to make a mid-air recovery (catch) of each capsule as it descended by parachute. USAF SH-3 helicopters and Navy ships were utilized to retrieve a capsule if it had to go in the water.
The squadron was active from 1958-1972.
| Category | Handmade > Accessories > Patch |
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| Condition | Good |
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