Air Force Missile Maintenance cloth badge

Worn on the left pocket. Fully embroidered on cloth base.

The Missile Badge is a military decoration of the United States Air Force which was first created on 23 May 1958.The "pocket rocket" badge recognizes those commissioned officers and enlisted personnel of the US Air Force who have qualified as missile personnel (both Tactical and SAC, now AFGSC, ICBM) that have been trained in the launching of landbased nuclear weapons under the direction of the National Command Authority.