494th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111 Aardvark Dessrt Shield / Storm Air Force Challenge Coin Department / Agency 8th Annual Convention Special Forces

8th Annual Convention Special Forces Green Berets 1987 Honolulu Hawaii 35 Years Army Challenge Coin

1 9/16 inch Challenge Coin

he got this coin at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Afghanistan

the USMC conducted a thorough evaluation of its security forces during the mid-eighties

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494th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111 Aardvark Dessrt Shield / Storm Air Force Challenge Coin Department / Agency 8th Annual Convention Special ForcesThis coin is 1 1 2 inches in diameter. A super rare F 111 Fighter Squadron challenge coin. This came out in 1991 about the time the unit was changing from a Tactical Fighter Squadron to Fighter Squadron. 494th insignia shape is that of the Tactical Fighter Squadron, but has Fighter Squadron written at the bottom of the insignia. On the flipside of coin it has 48th Tactical Fighter Wing which means the squadrons should be the same, tactical fighter