Blood Chit, is it still in use?

[Gepard]

This picture shows a downed US-Pilot in front of an aggressive Kuwaiti.

My question is, why he does not show a blood chit?

In Korea or Vietnam War the US Pilots had silk scarves with US flag and a printed text in different local languages, which declares, that the pilot is an american citicen and ask for help. This scarves were called blood chit.

That's why my question on the wisdom of our forum: does the US military use the blood chit in our days?

[GKABS]

They do, this pilot, who had paper attached to the uniform in many languages; English, Arabic, Kurdish, and others. As soon as he told them he was American and pointed to the flag on his shoulder, the Kuwaiti stopped being aggressive, as they had thought he was Iranian.

 

 

 

 

[daddyairplanes]

On 3/8/2026 at 8:25 AM, Gepard said:

My question is, why he does not show a blood chit?

well, getting the dude with a pipe to calm down would be first priority.  reaching for a blood chit could easily be construed as reaching for a weapon.