Air Forces Star Mugs
Description: From 1959 to 1962 the airline provided direct and indirect support to US Special Forces "Ambidextrous", "Hotfoot", and "White Star", which trained the regular Royal Laotian armed forces. After 1962 a similar operation known as Project 404 fielded numerous US Army attachés (ARMA) and air attachés (AIRA) to the US embassy in Vientiane. From 1962 to 1975, Air America inserted and extracted US personnel, provided logistical support to the Royal Lao Army, the Hmong Army under command of Royal Lao Army Major General Vang Pao, and combatant Thai volunteer forces, transported refugees, and flew photo reconnaissance missions that provided intelligence on NLF activities.
Description: Vintage Flag design featuring the P-80 Shooting Star aircraft. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces. That's right, it first flew in 1944- before the US Air Force even existed as a branch! The P-80 would quickly be replaced during the Korean War by the famed F-86 Sabre, however a trainer version would live on until well into the 1980s in the form of the T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer.
P-80 Shooting Jet Airplane Star Vintage Flag Design Mug
by Designed For Flight
$13 $18
