Flight Suit Badges

[Airrace]

Do you were the reversed or normal American flag patch on your FLIGHT SUIT?

[hueyguns]

Should be a normal flag on the left shoulder, according to 39-1.

[RogueLeader]

^ Correct, normal flag on left on Flight suits, and utility uniform (look like flight suit but really not)

The reversed goes on the right shoulder of the B/BDU.

[hueyguns]

Standard for wear is with the field of blue toward the front of the body.  If you were to wear a standard flag on the right, that would be a "retreating flag", and that is bad.  With the field of blue forward, that is called a "charging flag".  Just a little trivia, in case you are interested.

[Gunner C]

Standard for wear is with the field of blue toward the front of the body.  If you were to wear a standard flag on the right, that would be a "retreating flag", and that is bad.  With the field of blue forward, that is called a "charging flag".  Just a little trivia, in case you are interested.

An army fad since 5 Sept 2003. 

It has been discussed to death in other places, but the other services have the good sense, propriety, and ability to read US law - no one else uses this backwards monstrosity excepting aircraft (this is because originally US aircraft flew flags from the biplanes' rigging.)  You'll notice that WW2 paratroopers didn't do this on their jump smocks.  The "charging flag" is so much baloney.  CAP has no business putting this on their uniforms - another small piece of baloney brought to you by HWNWNBM. [/drift]

[Hawk200]

CAP has no business putting this on their uniforms - another small piece of baloney brought to you by HWNWNBM. [/drift]

Agreed. Really only necessary for those deployed, and functioning with other countries. Not needed by an organizaiton such as ours.

Still think that the wing patches should have been replaced with the flag if they just had to have it. But flag on one side, and a blank shoulder on the other didn't really drive home a "One Civil Air Patrol". At least a left handed flag could use flightsuit stocks, and the location would have shown some solidarity with the Air Force, and it might have been believable.