USAF 56th HMU /Jolly Green Little Sprout / HH60G 212 / Patch

USAF 56th Helicopter Maintenance Unit / Jolly Green Little Sprout / HH-60G / Tail 212 / Patch 

Roll on yet another couple of decades & moved halfway around the world, & you find the 56th RQS using this design, although it's not sure why the Sprout design was used. This was the first patch that was made by crews assigned to the 56th HMU at RAF Lakenheath, England for HH-60G helicopter 89-26212 & was made in January 2018. The patch was made on the on-base Hobby Shop at RAF Lakenheath & was reportedly made in very low numbers, as low as a single figure.

The second batch that was made all were made in February 2018, again by the 56th HMU, & again on the on-base Hobby Shop. These were made for the crews of HH-60G 89-26205, 89-26206, 89-26208 & 89-26212. The design a month later had changed, the numbers of the aircraft being closer together. (If anyone has a spare or unwanted 212 patch please get in touch as I'd love to complete the set). The 56th RQS actually had another HH-60G, this being 91-26353, however, if a patch was made I've never seen one, so can't confirm or deny if one has been made.

This is a second variation of the first patch produced, featuring an HH-60G Pave Hawk in between the 212. Roll on to the Summer of 2018 & this final graphic were made by the 56th HMU, again on the on-base Hobby Shop & again the design had been changed, this time by incorporating a head-on white silhouette of a HH-60G. Only a handful were made. Very rare.

Thanks for the supporting info. to my friend AMR from the Jolly Green Giant Collection.

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Ryan Almy, 56th Helicopter Maintenance Unit crew chief and Atlanta native, changes a bearing on an HH-60G Pave Hawk March 14, 2013. Airmen of the 56th HMU recently completed phase maintenance on an HH-60G Pave Hawk in record time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Linch)

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