The badges shown in this section are all variations since 1994 and in most cases private purchase and not issue.

The Officers unofficial badge was introduced by the Group commander Colonel K. Hogan who had them made while on overseas service.  They proved unpopular because the badge did not sit neatly on the peaked cap.

The Officers wing ceremony of 1996 is another unique Air Corps cap badge.  To my knowledge approximately twelve of these badges where made and where only worn by personnel on wings parade. 

A small number of the  RQMS/ RSM badge was made privately because the "Red Centre" was not included on the official peak cap badge. It was worn between 1995 - 1998.  It had been intended to rectify the error when making a  reorder but it has not happened and the blue centre is the badge worn today.

The dress cap badge was worn on the dress uniform of Colonel J. O'Brien which just did not materialise for general wear. 
The example I saw was on the cap of Colonel J. O'Brien (who became GOC Air Corps in 2001).

Brig Gen J. O'Brien had the badge variation shown below made for wear on his forage and peak cap. 
Because of the design and quality of the badge it was adopted by the officers as their peak and forage badge in 2003.
The interesting thing is that the design is a copy of the Pipe Band badge and not the official officers badge.

Prior to 2003 the General Officer Commanding and the Group Commander added a "Red Border" to their Forage and Cap badges.

	Group Commander (Colonel)  Forage Cap

When the  pipe band changed to the blue jacket in 1995 they initially wore the forage cap.  In 1997 they introduced a glengarry with a new badge and this was worn until the introduction of the new Glengarry in September 2002.   The old badge did not fit neatly on the new Glengarry so a new design was adopted. 

These three badges were the original samples for enlisted ranks.  These badges were never produced for general wear in this quality. These samples were used by an NCO at his wedding because the official issue peak cap badge was not yet available at the time even though the caps were.  I call this set the "Wedding Set".  There were six of the Airman's badge,  two for the Sergeant and one for the RSM.

 Page Updated : Friday, 05 October 2007