Alerts – Dispatches – Missions Alerts - Dispatches - Missions The iconic “100 Missions” patches first appeared on missileers’ uniforms in the early 1970s and appear to have been inspired by similar patches worn by bomber crews returning from Vietnam to bases in the CONUS with collocated missile wings, such as Ellsworth, Minot, and Grand Forks. Therefore, these patches are unique to Minuteman and Titan II units only, since the earlier missile systems were all gone by 1965. At some missile wings, “100 Missions” was used, while others preferred “100 Alerts.” Higher totals were indicated by either the addition of rockers and/or crowns, or sometimes an entirely different patch. Later, maintenance personnel at a couple of the wings created similar patches for 100 or more dispatches. In some cases, such patches were produced and awarded by the squadrons, and in other cases they were a wing award, often with an accompanying certificate and a presentation made at a pre-departure briefing or a commander’s call. Francis E. Warren AFB was the last base to join this patch party, not making them until well into the 1990s, but during the earlier years they did have small metal bison pins awarded for the same purpose. These were worn on the ascots and were made in bronze, silver, and gold to designate the milestone attained. Today, Twentieth Air Force has a standardized series of patches from 100 through 500 alerts for award to crew members. Order by Default Title Date Filename Size Random Search within this gallery U.S. Air Force Missile Combat Crew Member - 100 Missions U.S. Air Force Missile Combat Crew Member - 200 Missions U.S. Air Force Missile Combat Crew Member - 300 Missions Strategic Air Command Warrior - Aircrew (MCCM-A) with embroidered longevity stars Eighth Air Force - Missile Crew Member, with CREW COMMANDER crown and YEARS rockers Eighth Air Force - EC-135 Aircrew Member, with HOURS rockers Twentieth Air Force - 100 Alerts Twentieth Air Force - 200 Alerts Twentieth Air Force - 300 Alerts Twentieth Air Force - 400 Alerts Twentieth Air Force - 500 Alerts 4th Airborne Command Control Squadron - 100 Missions 4th Airborne Command Control Squadron - 100 Orbits South Dakota 44th Strategic Missile Wing, with 100-200-300 Alerts rockers 90th Space Wing & 90th Missile Wing - 100 Missions 90th Space Wing & 90th Missile Wing - 200 Missions 90th Logistics Group - 100 Dispatches (Type I) 90th Logistics Group - 200 Dispatches (Type I) 90th Logistics Group - 300 Dispatches (Type I) 90th Logistics Group - 100 Dispatches (Type II) 90th Logistics Group - 200 Dispatches (Type II) 90th Logistics Group - 300 Dispatches (Type II) 91st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions (Style A) 91st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions (Style B), with 200 and 300 rockers 91st Space Wing & 91st Missile Wing - 100 Missions 91st Space Wing & 91st Missile Wing - 200 Missions 91st Missile Wing MM III Maintenance - 50 Dispatches 91st Missile Wing MM III Maintenance - 100 Dispatches 91st Missile Wing MM III Maintenance - 200 Dispatches 319th Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts 320th Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts 321st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions 321st Strategic Missile Wing Maintenance - 50 Dispatches 321st Strategic Missile Wing Maintenance - 150 Dispatches 321st Strategic Missile Wing Maintenance - 300 Dispatches 341st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions, with 100-200-300 arcs 341st Strategic Missile Wing - 300 Missions (unique) 341st Space Wing & 341st Missile Wing - 100 Missions 341st Space Wing & 341st Missile Wing - 200 Missions 341st Operations Group - 100 Alerts 351st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Alerts, with 200 ALERTS and 300 ALERTS rockers 373d Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type I) 373d Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type II), with 200-300-400-500 ALERTS patches 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type I) 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 200 Alerts (Type I) 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 300 Alerts (Type I) 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 400 Alerts (Type I) 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 1700 Pre-Departures 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type II, Style A), with 200 ALERTS and 300 ALERTS Style-A rockers 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type II, Style B), with 300-400-500 ALERTS Style-B rockers 374th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type II, Style C), with 1000 ALERTS Style-A rocker 381st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions (Type I), with 100 MISSIONS crown 381st Strategic Missile Wing - 200 Missions, with 200 MISSIONS crown 381st Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Missions (Type II), with 200 & 300 crowns 390th Strategic Missile Wing - 100 Alerts, with 200 ALERTS and 300 ALERTS crowns 446th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts, with 200 ALERTS and 250 ALERTS rockers 446th Strategic Missile Squadron - 300 Alerts 447th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Missions 447th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts 447th Strategic Missile Squadron - 200 Alerts 447th Strategic Missile Squadron - 300 Alerts 448th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type I) 448th Strategic Missile Squadron - 200 Alerts (Type I) 448th Strategic Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts (Type II) 448th Strategic Missile Squadron - 200 Alerts (Type II) 564th Missile Squadron - 100 Alerts, with 150 ALERTS and 200 ALERTS rockers 742d Missile Squadron - 100 Missions EC-135 2000 Hours EC-135 5000+ Hours EC-135 100 Missions EC-135 50+ Missions EC-135 100+ Missions EC-135 150+ Missions EC-135 500+ Missions EC-135 Way Too Many Missions Looking Glass E-6B 50+ Missions (Type I) Looking Glass E-6B 100+ Missions (Type I) Looking Glass E-6B 50+ Missions (Type II, Style A) Looking Glass E-6B 100+ Missions (Type II, Style A) Looking Glass E-6B 150+ Missions (Type II, Style A) Looking Glass E-6B 200+ Missions (Type II, Style A) Looking Glass E-6B 50+ Missions (Type II, Style B) Looking Glass E-6B 100+ Missions (Type II, Style B) Looking Glass E-6B 150+ Missions (Type II, Style B) USSTRATCOM ABNCP E-6B Airborne Launch Control System - 250 Hours USSTRATCOM ABNCP E-6B Airborne Launch Control System - 500 Hours USSTRATCOM ABNCP E-6B Airborne Launch Control System - 750 Hours USSTRATCOM ABNCP E-6B Airborne Launch Control System - 1000 Hours