I had been after a nice early CWU-36 jacket and just got this example off eBay, dated 5 September 1973 and being the pre-36/P type 17/P although no type name appears on the label. It has the inside pocket for the rescue item but that is not present. Nice Captain's plastic covered insignia and 512TFS written on the label; that group were flying Phantoms out of Ramstein in Germany from 1975 so I figure that's where this jacket was stationed. My only gripe with the seller (and I have mailed him about it) is he failed to note there were stitch marks from a removed velcro or name tag on the left chest area. Can I ask the nylon experts here should I replace with velcro to cover those marks as I am sure it would have had velcro attached, I have similar sized black velcro spare that could be attached. These jackets feel and look great especially the vented back. Pics here I took today:
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