Fighter Pilots Are Taking Full Advantage Of The Air Force's Lifted Ban On Custom Helmet Art

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...r-forces-lifted-ban-on-custom-helmet-art




Question: What is up with what appears to be a folded American flag tucked away next to the window?

Plant it on the grave of his first confirmed kill.

Don’t know. Could be a memorial flag for a lost friend. Don’t think he keeps it there when actually flying.

I'm guessing it will be presented to someone as "Flown over X in an F-15 by.."

what is up with the purple crow patch..is that a unit ?

Flags are flown in various DoD aircraft nearly every day for the purposes of presenting them for various occasions. When I was assigned to a unit in DC, we had flag requests to be flown all the time. Since we were an ANG unit, a member that retired from our unit would get a flag that was flown by a fighter, a USCG helo, and various installations involved with our mission. The flag was then presented at retirement. It is a common practice.