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When questioned about the patch and aircraft he said he "couldn't talk
about it, the aircraft was secret".

Do they actually make sew-on patches for black project aircraft? Seems a
stupid lax in othrewise top-notch security to me. (Do they do t-shirts and
"My other car's a hypersonic scramjet" bumper stickers too? :^)

Could well be some pilot with a sense of humour had a patch made up for a
prank. (Hmm... that gives me an idea..)

Si

Upon further investigation I learned that the patch in question was
Lockheed's.

The pilot flew for them, not the USAF.

The correct patch is round with light blue sky background. On it is
the Skunk Works skunk character (not a cartoon character I thought
earlier) holding a white lightning bolt and wearing a flying cap.
Below is the word VINDICATOR.

Apologies to everyone, it was an old story. Hard to remember the exact
details.

DV-D

I got an e-mail that said the same thing about the patch except the
skunk is holding a box that is projecting the lightning bolt.

The guy that sent it said Vindicator was a system, not an aircraft,
that used a laser. That's what the lightning bolt represents,
apparently.

The program year was 1984.

Kenneth Williams