Even though I have a 15-2, 15-3, 15-4 and 67-0 on hand, I'd likely purchase a commemorative 15-whatever if Smith were to offer one.
My -2 is appropriate to the period of M-15 production. I carried the M-15 while on missile combat crew, serving with the 740SMS/91SMW at Minot and subsequently at several command posts in Europe and CONUS.
Wonders can be performed with laser etching but I believe the droids at Smith would be hard-pressed to include the USAF, SAC, TAC & MAC coats of arms, along with the must-have sky cop badge on the somewhat small K-frame.
Could Smith produce a series of commemoratives, each with the USAF arms plus one other? E.g.: USAF/SAC, USAF/TAC, USAF/MAC and USAF/COP BADGE? Perhaps even a USAF/USAFE? I suspect a few of us Ol' Fahrts might spring for more than one. I served in SAC, USAFE and MAC. Inevitably, a few fanatics would want to collect the entire series.
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