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Description

Emblem of the 23d Bomb Squadron (23 BS), a squadron of the United States Air Force

Blazon

On a Blue disc a volcano in Black silhouette with Red lava flowing from the crater, extending upward therefrom and intermingled with clouds, futuristic vari-colored rays from Yellow to Red, on front thereof five Black drop bombs, two on the dexter and three on the sinister side.

Approved on 30 Sep 1931 and reinstated on 13 Jan 1994; (8543 A.C.); replaced emblem approved on 12 May 1952 (44361 A.C.).

Significance

The patch's design commemorates the occasion where the unit was assigned to disrupt the eruption of Mauna Loa volcano on 27 December 1935, by dropping twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the volcano’s lava flow.
Source

http://www.minot.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/hires/AFG-060420-023.jpg
Date

2006-04-20
Author

United States Air Force (User:Pmsyyz converted from JPEG to PNG; added transparency, resized to 1100px wide, 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.


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