Can You Identify This Rocketry Decal?

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This decal was last seen in the Sacramento area in 1977-1978. It has the letters AFC and appears to belong to a rocketry club. Any information on this decal would be greatly appreciated.

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Nope, not jumping in on this speculation train. Good luck, didn't anyone from SARG get back with y'all?
 
It may not be from the Sacramento area. It may not be from California. It may even be from another country.
 
Hmmm, it may also be part of the local air force bases' patches. There's an AFMC at McClellan and Mather has the Air Force Civil Engineering group.
 
the assumption that this was taken from a cloth patch is probably incorrect. my guess (and that is all it is) that it is a manufactuars mission sticker, and the 1st letter refers to Aero____, something, something. as someone pointed out tis the wrong shape for a patch.
Rex
 
also doubt that it is a missile, more likely a bomb. concentrate more on the letters than on the (likely mis-shaped) items.
Rex
 
All good suggestions so far. The decal was originally seen on a vehicle, so it could be for an event, a club, a job, etc.

All help is appreciated.
 
so I gather. this probably a case where the 'cleaned up' image is throwing everyone off, most 'missiles' do not have chutes, with gravity bombs the chutes don't connect to the midpoint. on the other hand drones are set up for that type of recovery...the firebee and Jayhawk for examples. the cleaned up image most likely removed all the details that would have helped ID the specific item.
Rex
 
Rex R said:
so I gather. this probably a case where the 'cleaned up' image is throwing everyone off, most 'missiles' do not have chutes, with gravity bombs the chutes don't connect to the midpoint. on the other hand drones are set up for that type of recovery...the firebee and Jayhawk for examples. the cleaned up image most likely removed all the details that would have helped ID the specific item.
Rex
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Thanks Rex, good info! Looking at the firebee and Jayhawk now, some really interesting possibilities. Most people are leaning towards it being a model rocket because of the middle location of the chute and the pattern on the chute (similar to Estes rocket chutes at the time).
 
Looks more like a bombardier patch, or a field artillery patch, may even be an airbourne battalion patch, and it may not be of US origin at all.

There is a long thread mentioned by jadebox, which leads to a group of Czech military patches.
https://www.uton.cz/vystroj/odznaky-a-nasivky-vysadkaru/paranasivky/

Also consider the idea that the lettering may have been under the patch, and not acually on it.


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Similarity to a model rocket chute has to do with the way model chutes try to look like the real deal, orange and white.
 

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