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[edit] Summary

Description

Emblem of the 1st Special Operations Wing, a wing of the United States Air Force
Source

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/hires/AFG-070111-001.jpg
Date

2006-03-13
Author

United States Air Force (User:Pmsyyz converted JPEG to PNG, added transparency, resized to 1000px wide, converted to indexed color)
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain.


[edit] Meaning [1]

It was approved for the reconstituted 1st Air Commando Group on June 6, 1943.

The background is national colors with the blue representing the sky and the Air Force. The 13 red and white stripes represent the 13 original colonies, the first American force to engage in limited war. The stripes also are reminiscent of the red and white diagonal markings on some 1st Air Commando Group aircraft, an ancestor of the 1st SOW.

The silver dagger represents the air commando, and the dagger is winged to indicate that commandos come from the air. A golden lamp of knowledge reflects the wing's civic action role and indicates that wing members serve as teachers, as well as warriors, in assisting U.S. allies determine their own way of life and form of government.

Motto: Any Time, Any Place

[edit] Subordinate units

8th Special Operations Squadron

73rd Special Operations Squadron

1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron

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