(Another AV8RSTUFF Creation): The 23FS is an inactive USAF unit. It was last assigned to the 52d Operations Group and stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. In April 2010, 20 F-16Cs were flown from Spangdahlem to the 148FW, MN ANG, with one F-16 being transferred to Edwards Air Force Base, CA. They were inactivated on 13 August 2010A and as a result of the drawdown of F-16s, the 22nd and 23d Fighter Squadrons and their personnel and equipment were used to form a single “new” squadron, the 480th Fighter Squadron. This is the desert version of their squadron patch and does not come with velcro attached.
