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05-25-2009, 03:50 PM
zuludelta
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Updated the three Air Force officers I posted recently. Nothing major, just added what I feel to be more accurate unit identification tags and whatnot. At the resolution I'm working in, I doubt anybody can actually tell the insignia apart, but knowing that inside each little 5 x 5 pixel area is an authentic AFSOC unit patch helps me sleep better at night (ha ha). Oh, and I finally finished Ace:
Ace, Ghostrider, Slipstream, Payload
Design notes:
- Ace's head/face is based on a headshot of Jason Gedrick, star of the 1980s jet fighter action film
Iron Eagle
, which had the misfortune of being released in the same year as the massively successful
Top Gun
starring Tom Cruise. I actually prefer
Iron Eagle
to
Top Gun
(although I'd rather not re-watch either film to be honest... I can think of better things to waste ~2 hours of my life on), just because it's got 100% more Louis Gossett, Jr., 100% less Tom Cruise, and maybe 50% less homoerotic subtext disguised as "alpha dog" macho posturing (ha ha... not that there's anything wrong with that).
- Here's a list of the barely visible right shoulder unit patches on Ace's, Slipstream's, and Payload's flight suits:
Ace --
7th Special Operations Squadron
Slipstream --
18th Flight Test Squadron
(gives me an excuse to outfit him in a g-suit despite being a special operations pilot... the 18th FTS is the Air Force Special Operations Command's primary tactics development unit so its conceivable that their pilots might occasionally wear g-suits during the course of their duties)
Payload --
15th Special Operations Squadron
Ghostrider's flight suit unit patch is covered by his jacket, but I'd like to imagine that he spent some time with the
4th Special Operations Squadron
(nicknamed "The Ghostriders") before transferring to an MC-130-equipped unit (likely the 15th Special Operations Squadron, since they both are subordinate to the 1st Special Operations Wing).
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