Any Air Force vets lose a ring?

[RickN]

The OKC Sheriffs office found one and a bunch of class rings in their evidence locker.

While cleaning out the Sheriff's Office Vault, we found eleven class rings that we would like to return to their owners. Among them, a 74 year old United States Air Force ring dated 1947. Members of the community can make a valid claim, but will need to provide enough evidence to reasonably identify ownership of the rings. To make a valid claim, contact [email protected] or call (405) 713-1946.

Details about the ring:
Silver colored United States Air Force ring with large round Blue colored stone; dated MCMXLVII (1947); artwork and engraving of Air Force imagery. No initials.

 

[Snattlerake]

That ain't no blue stone.

 

[RickN]

That ain't no blue stone.

May be the wrong pic. I saw the United States and the Air Force turkey on it and guessed it was the ring. Rest all looked like class rings.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

1947 was the year the USAF was created. Before that, it was the Army Air Corps.

 

[Snattlerake]

The ring looks like it says ARMY at the bottom.

 

[SoonerP226]

That ain't no blue stone.

That’s as blue as blue gets in this state.

 

[SoonerP226]

The ring looks like it says ARMY at the bottom.

Air Force “ring knockers” prior to 1959 would be West Pointers. That’s the year the Air Force Academy graduated its first class. (IIRC, Astronaut Mike Collins was a USAF veteran and a West Point grad.)

 

[HFS]

Air Force “ring knockers” prior to 1959 would be West Pointers. That’s the year the Air Force Academy graduated its first class. (IIRC, Astronaut Mike Collins was a USAF veteran and a West Point grad.)

And I believe astronaut Tom Stafford is a USAF veteran and a Naval Academy graduate.

 

[SoonerP226]

And I believe astronaut Tom Stafford is a USAF veteran and a Naval Academy graduate.

I do believe you're correct. I probably should've said they'd most likely be West Pointers.