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Indian Air Force Unit Patches, Stickers and Other Memorabilia

The Indian Air Force like many other airforces in the west had a system of Unit Patches, Stickers and Other insignia that would denote qualifications and unit affiliations. On these pages you will find a sample of 107 Patches, Stickers , Crests and Badges that illustrates the IAF's varied units and formations and qualifications.

Sqn Patches (40): Unofficial Stylised embroidered patches denoting the flying unitupdated.gif (1796 bytes)
Unit  Crests(10): These are embroidered patches of the Official Unit Crests
Sqn Stickers (4): Stickers of stylised denoting unit symbols for misc uses
Missile Units (7): Embroidered patches of Missile units
Type  Patches (16):  Type specific (MiG-21, Su-30) updated.gif (1796 bytes)
Qualification Patches (15): (Like FCL, FSL, TACDE Graduate) including Hours Patches
Miscellaneous (15):  formation patchesupdated.gif (1796 bytes)
 
Acknowledgements: Kapil Chandni, Kunal Verma, S Vijay Kumar