Need help

[Vinny]

Bought this at a yard sale this morning for ten bucks. I don’t know why there are Air Force wings on a navy jacket

 

[bseal]

If I remember correctly, how do I put this rather delicately, Stu was quite, or a just bit, “open minded.”

 

[dinomartino1]

Thats very interesting because Colonel James Stewart (Stu) Mosbey spearheaded the effort to reinstate the A-2 leather flight jacket as standard issue to Air Force flyers.
He flew 375 combat missions in three tours in Viet Nam.
His combat decorations include three Distinguished Flying Crosses and thirty-three Air Medals.
In 1976 he was selected for the USAF/USMC fighter pilot exchange program, he became operations officer for VMFA-314 and became carrier qualified.
The DSA number on the jacket dates in to 1976, the 76 after the DSA100.
He's a short guy but stockier in his old age, size 38 would be reasonable for when he was younger.
Read this thread.

How modern A-2s where reinstated by the USAF

How modern A-2s where reinstated by the USAF. Extract from the Airforce magazine Sept 1 1993 Although the A-2 was not issued after the Korean War, it remained a symbol of USAAF’s war years in the minds of those who served. It was revived in the 1980s when Project Warrior was established to...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

 

[dinomartino1]

If the jacket is what I think it is it stops becoming just a jacket and becomes a piece of history, something to be preserved.

 

[Vinny]

wow. !! Thanks. Any idea on how to find Stu Mosbey?

 

[dinomartino1]

wow. !! Thanks. Any idea on how to find Stu Mosbey?

Can I ask why you want to contact him

 

[Vinny]

Because if it is his jacket I want to reunite it with him

free of course

 

[Vinny]

I know I could get stupid money for it … but I’m also a Veteran and want to do the fight thing

 

[Vinny]

Right

 

[dinomartino1]

Good on you mate.
I will get back to you when my contact at moody air force base lets me know what to do.

 

[Chandler]

The Black Knights are a Marine unit, aren't they?

Ah ha -- just got to the "exchange" program.

 

[Vinny]

Good on you mate.
I will get back to you when my contact at moody air force base lets me what to do.

Thank You

 

[Erwin]

Cool jacket, if it was indeed jacket of [https://www.gaaviationhalloffame.co...ovider&cHash=021315ad9979980f9ae2261ebec6ea71] - the jacket is even more interesting.

 

[Erwin]

If I remember correctly, how do I put this rather delicately, Stu was quite, or a just bit, “open minded.”

?

 

[bseal]

“In 1976, he was selected for the United States Air Force/United States Marine Corps fighter pilot exchange program.”

 

[Chandler]

“In 1976, he was selected for the United States Air Force/United States Marine Corps fighter pilot exchange program.”

Skimming my posts, are ye?

Or does "open minded" refer to crossing branches?

 

[bseal]

Lots of crossin'. Go Stu!

 

[Vinny]

Update
i found Stu’s Facebook page and sent him a message about the jacket and he can purchase it from me for what I paid (ten bucks) He lives in San Antonio. Awaiting response

 

[Vinny]

Thanks everyone for your help

 

[Silver Surfer]

Outstanding!