From 1959-1962, Detachment 48 of the Eastern Air Rescue Service (EARS) was assigned to Dover AFB, Delaware. They unit flew an HH-43 helicopter to perform fire and rescue missions.
The patch depicts an HH-43 helicopter flying a rescue mission.
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