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Insignia patches shall be worn on brown leather flight jackets as follows. We custom paint bomb squadron and group leather patches. It is cut from a 2x4 piece of leather in your choice of brown or black. We will now place the squadron patch on the right sleeve along with the u. Military flight jacket patches aviation patches for jackets. Since the quality of the original jacket was so high, many vintage pieces are still in great. I know that naval aviators place their patches different than the af guys on their flight suits. Also sew on patches, shorten sleeves, repair pockets, and minor leather repairs. Historical military patches, vintage military patches.
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