A lot of these patches from ENJJPT are given to me by 2 former Norwegian commander of the Norwegian contingent at Sheppard. Others have been given to me by current pilots of the RNoAF. Each class has its own patch, and the numbers are year - class. Some years Norway have had students in several classes.
USAF Air Education & Training Command, 80 FTW Sheppard AFB
L-Flight Sheppard AFB, G-Flight Reese AFB
71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, 8TFS
(Patch below from a RNoAF pilot - not in my collection)
Vance AFB class 82-02
88 FTS, Sheppard AFB where students go through IFF - Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals during the last few months of education
90FTS:
F-16 Education:
162 FW, Tucson, and 195 FS where the Norwegian students have belonged the last few years
F-35 training with 62nd FS:
Various from Sheppard AFB
Below variations of participating nations, at right with more flags:
Fly Hard - Stay Hard, a generic ENJJPT patch that belongs to another collector
A patch made in desperation by the students who were transferred from Fighter education to Heli education:
These early Sheppard class-patches were without the flags of students nations. Norwegians were most often enrolled in class 03 these years, then later class 06.
1983-84:
1985-86:
1987:
1988:
1989
1990:
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995:
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000:
2001:
2002:
2003:
This is a patch for Test Pilot School, TPS-03A. Norwegian pilots are rarely sent to such classes.
2004:
2005:
2006:
2007:
2008:
A special edition of the class 08-08 patch was made after a tragic accident where an instructor and a student where killed on the 1.May 2008.
http://www.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123097084
The patch has a Lost Wingman formation, a 4-ship where #3 is missing, the initials of the deceased, date of accident and the text:
"When Pilot's wings become Angel's wings"
2009:
2010:
2012:
2014:
Navy 1985:
Navy 1986:
All these following USN Navigator Training patches are from another collector:
82-12
1989-1990
96-25:
97-12:
This is a non-military patch, but rather for a flight-experience site in California.
