Police Aviation Patch — Order This Helicopter Pennant Design
Design S0426A at a glance
An arrow pennant that reads like motion: a helicopter silhouette tracking left-to-right in yellow and white over green, with 'STATE POLICE – AVIATION' style lettering running the length of the flight path. Aviation sections like the horizontal format because it sits exactly where flight-suit patches live — above the chest name tape. Airframe, lettering and colors all restitch to your unit.
Arrow pennant cutHot-cut edgeHelicopter silhouetteFlight-path lettering3 thread colorsFlight-suit format
About this aviation pennant design
Air support units patch differently than ground divisions: flight suits favor long horizontal formats, and nomex wear rules out iron-on adhesives near heat. This pennant was composed for that reality — a directional cut, a silhouette recognizable at hangar distance, and color blocking that stays legible on both sage and navy flight suits. The arrow taper gives the helicopter somewhere to be going.
Units typically redraw the silhouette to their actual airframe — an AS350 reads very differently from a Bell 407 to the people who fly them — and add a tail number or call sign in the taper. This page shows a design concept we manufacture to order; the stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering, and nothing stitches before approval.
Police aviation patch quick facts
- Embroidered aviation patches cost $3.00–$20.00 each depending on quantity, with a 10-patch minimum.
- Rush production takes 7–10 days and is available on every custom patch.
- Flight-suit patches run velcro-backed as standard so suits launder without them.
- Horizontal pennants sit best at 4.5"–5.5" long on a flight suit chest.
- Drone and UAS units order this same format with the airframe swapped for their aircraft.
- Owl Badges is a US-based badge and patch manufacturer in Simi Valley, California, in business since 1999.
Customize this aviation patch: backing, size, and thread options
- Backing: hook-side velcro is the flight-suit standard; sew-on for jackets, iron-on for ground-crew polos
- Sizes: 3.5"–12" long — 5" is the common flight-suit length
- Colorways: green-yellow-white as shown, your unit colors, or subdued tan, OD green, gray and blackout
- Border: hot-cut edge keeps the arrow point true
- Thread: reflective rotor-disc thread available for night-visibility versions
- Artwork: your actual airframe replaces the silhouette — send a side-profile photo and we redraw it at no charge
Who orders this design
State police aviation sections, sheriff air support units, and city helicopter details order this pennant for flight suits and crew jackets. UAS and drone teams have adopted the same format with their aircraft in silhouette. Typical orders pair velcro flight-suit sets with sew-on versions for hangar jackets.
Custom aviation patch pricing — embroidered
| Quantity | Price per patch |
|---|---|
| 10–19 | $20.00 |
| 20–29 | $14.00 |
| 30–49 | $11.00 |
| 50–74 | $6.50 |
| 75–99 | $6.00 |
| 100–249 | $5.50 |
| 250–499 | $3.00 |
Rush production in 7–10 days is available on all custom patches. Design your changes in the markup tool above, or get this patch quoted exactly as shown.
What your quote covers
- Your exact spec — quantity, size, backing, and colorway, priced to the piece
- A free digital mockup within 4 hours, before you commit to anything
- Rush production in 7–10 days whenever you need it
- No setup, digitizing, or art fees — the table price is the whole price
How ordering this patch works
Request a quote
Send this design (marked up or as-is) with your quantity. Quotes are answered 24/7 within 4 hours.
Approve your proof
Your stitch-ready proof arrives 6–12 hours after ordering. Nothing is produced until you approve it.
We verify & produce
Law-enforcement orders are verified with your agency before production — standard practice since 1999.
Delivery confirmed
We confirm your shipping address by phone, then email tracking the day your patches ship.
🏛 Bidding for your department or agency? We answer bids, RFQs and purchase-order quotes — see how agency bids and RFQs work, or tick “This quote is for a bid” in the quote form.
Police aviation patch questions
Can the helicopter match our actual airframe?
Yes — send a side-profile photo of your aircraft and we redraw the silhouette to match rotor, skid and tail geometry at no art charge. Crews notice; we get it right.
Is velcro safe on nomex flight suits?
Velcro is the standard approach: loop panels sew onto the suit once, and patches move between suits without re-stitching. We supply the hook side on the patch; loop field kits are available on request.
Can we add our call sign or tail number?
Yes — the taper takes a call sign cleanly, and a tail number fits under the fuselage. Both appear on your 4-hour mockup before anything stitches.
Does this format work for drone units?
Very well. The silhouette swaps to your UAS platform and the lettering to your unit name — several agencies run matching helicopter and drone versions of this same pennant.
What's the fastest path to patches before an air show?
Request the quote with your date in the deadline field. Rush production is 7–10 days after proof approval, and your mockup lands within 4 hours — tight but routinely done.
Scanning beyond air support?
Aviation is one specialty command — the ground-division patch catalog from patrol and K9 through marine units handles the rest of the agency. And when the question is how patches are built and priced rather than which design, the main patch ordering page with build options and quantity breaks covers it end to end.
Notes
Drop a 📍 pin on the patch, then type what you want changed there.