494th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111 Aardvark Dessrt Shield / Storm Air Force Challenge Coin Department / Agency 2 1/8 x 1 1/2

2 1/8 x 1 1/2 inch Challenge Coin

It is a product of (RET) Lt Col

Circa 1980s-

was a pilot program to assess the value of Marine special operations forces permanently detached to the United States Special Operations Command

the USMC conducted a thorough evaluation of its security forces during the mid-eighties

494th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111 Aardvark Dessrt Shield / Storm Air Force Challenge Coin Department / Agency 2 1/8 x 1 1/2This coin is 1 1 2 inches in diameter. A super rare F 111 Fighter Squadron challenge coin. This came out in 1991 about the time the unit was changing from a Tactical Fighter Squadron to Fighter Squadron. 494th insignia shape is that of the Tactical Fighter Squadron, but has Fighter Squadron written at the bottom of the insignia. On the flipside of coin it has 48th Tactical Fighter Wing which means the squadrons should be the same, tactical fighter