Bottom line up front...xflip97esales patches have never, repeat
NEVER, been worn by any aircrew!
xflip97esales was noted for doing unauthorized copies of patches, for a while he went as far as to actually stealing images of patches off web sites and making poor reproductions of them. Some collectors caught wind of this and slammed him into stopping (it is very illegal); so now he makes up his own patches.
By the way,
www.usafpatches.com is a good reference to legit patches. There is also a great forum on there, in which you will see some disdain for this seller. Several people on there still call him out as he still doesn't post the fact that his patches are self-created. He also hides the name of bidders as some collectors went as far as to contact bidders to let them know that xflip97esales was selling repros.
For a cheap souvenir they are great, but if you are looking for a legit patch, don't buy anything from him!
Cheers! M2