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Description

Emblem of the 3rd Wing, a wing of the United States Air Force

Blazon

Party per bend vert and sable in chief a cactus (prickly pear) or, a bend azure fimbriated of the third, all within a bordure argent charged with nineteen crosses patee of the second.

Significance

The shield is divided diagonally into the original colors of the Air Service, green and black. Over the dividing line is a band of the Air Force’s, present colors, ultramarine blue and golden yellow representative of the Rio Grande River dividing the US and Mexico. On the green field is a yellow cactus commemorating the group’s first patrols along the Mexican border. Around the shield is a white border with black German crosses equal to the number of aerial victories credited to the Group’s original squadrons during the Great War.
Source

AFHRA [1]
Date
Author

United States Air Force
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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current09:24, 11 November 2007306×291 (5 KB)Pmsyyz (Reverted to previous version, much sharper, that JPEG has too much compression)
02:37, 9 November 2007360×351 (226 KB)Mukkakukaku (larger, cleaner version)
16:18, 3 February 2007306×291 (5 KB)Tdrss (Category:Wing emblems of the United States Air Force)
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