20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
A Tigerhound Memoir
by Jim Gordon

INTRODUCTION    DANANG, EARLY 1968    FAC AIRCRAFT    PLEIKU, 1968      COVEY OPS FROM PLEIKU

VISUAL RECONNAISSANCE & INTERDICTION     EXTRA PHOTOS          LINKS           FAC PATCHES
Tigerhound Covey FACs

 

FAC PATCHES
19th TASS               20th TASS               21st TASS               22nd TASS               23rd TASS



 
 
 

19th TASS
 
20th TASS
Prairie Fire
20 TASS SNOOPY PATCH
Introduced in 1968, this patch was approved for wear on flight suits and fatigues.  The design may have been authorized by Charles Schultz.
20 TASS PRAIRIE FIRE PATCH
TIGERHOUND COVEY FAC PATCH
I created the patch in the Spring of 1968 at Pleiku.  The design represents the wily Tigerhound in his tiger-striped camouflage, flying alone, unarmed and unafraid, and not very far above the ground, with the superimposed image of a black Cessna O-2A exemplifying the squadron's routine night operations.  The Snoopy image was pirated, with my present regrets and apologies to the late Charles Shultz, from a Peanuts comic strip in the Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper, and the O-2 outline was taken from the Dash 1.  The patches were ordered by one of the Coveys on R&R in Hong Kong.
 
21st TASS
 
22nd TASS
 
23rd TASS
" The well-known unit patch, Jiminy Cricket  with a walkie-talkie and an umbrella, was sold to the squadron by Disney for $1, after being requested by Nail John Taylor." 

 
 
 
 
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INTRODUCTION     DANANG, EARLY 1968     FAC AIRCRAFT     PLEIKU, 1968      COVEY OPS FROM PLEIKU

VISUAL RECONNAISSANCE & INTERDICTION          EXTRA PHOTOS         LINKS          FAC PATCHES
A few photos on this website are official USAF photographs, some were taken by other people.  Rights to the 20TASS patch design and a couple of the photos belong to others -- tell me if they're yours.  I reserve the rights and copyright for my photos and text; permission for re-use is required, although it will almost certainly be given upon request.  JKGordon@WorldNet.ATT.net