Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?

My Dad (RIP) was in the Glider troops (WW II). I have his badge and patch (gold unicorn)

I know the discussion is badges. I seem to remember troops wearing the glider patch during my time in the late 60s.

A docent named Jim at the Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian's Air 7 Space Museum Annex in Northern Virginia) wears one to honor his late father who "flew"/crash-landed a glider at Normandy during the D-Day landings. That's as close as I have come to seeing one who actually earned it wearing it.

Yes. My uncle, he got one about late 40's. They really only gave very few of them. It was shut down about 1960.

My CSM many years back had glider wings. He was a Korean War vet. He retired from the Army National Guard with 42 years and of service.

I had one in 1972 when I was asigned to 101st Abn 3/187th.

Yes, I've met a few of the HEROES from D-Day that earned the "Glider Badge"

There is also a "glider Pilot" badge for USAFA and ROTC Cadets, they earn it as part of the program to select pilots. NEVER WORN on the USAF (or other service branch) uniform, only while in Cadet Status.

Another very rare medal that posers wear are the service medals for non-combat heroism they are so rare and posers wear them all the time. The only person I know who had one was JFK for saving his crew on PT-109.

For what it’s worth, the USAFA issues them. (See below)

Flying Team Wings: Approved in October 2012, these wings are worn by members of the Flying Team, a select group of cadets who were selected after arriving at the Air Force Academy with a Private Pilot’s license. A star and wreath are added as cadets progress through the soaring program.

Cadet Flight Wings: Flight wings with star are worn by cadets who have soloed a USAFA glider or a powered aircraft. Wings without star are worn by cadets who have completed at least 10 flights in a USAFA glider but have not soloed.

I worked with a DA civilian in the finance office at Ft Bragg who had been awarded the glider badge. He graduated airborne school the summer’49 and was told that they were holding the last glider class. Anyone in his class that wanted to stay and take the course would be awarded the last glider wings so he did... and wore them on his uniform till he retired. He had it in his shadow box on the wall of his office. The original “double stack” for those of us with airborne and air assault.