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U.S. Air Force Symbol Blue and silver version Monochrome version. The United States Air Force Symbol is the public logo of the United States Air Force. [1] It was unveiled in January 2000 following a period of research and planning, [2] and became official on May 5, 2004, four years after the Air Force first applied for trademark protection. [3]
"The U.S. Air Force Blue" is a song associated with the United States Air Force. Composed in 1957 as an advertising jingle for recruiting ads, the song's popularity subsequently saw it receive wider use. As of 2019, it is listed in the Air Force Manual as an authorized piece of ceremonial music.
Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
The Army Air Force conducted combat trials against propeller-driven Lockheed P-38J Lightning and Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighters in February 1944 and found that the older aircraft outperformed the jet. It, therefore, decided that the P-59 was best suited as a training aircraft to familiarize pilots with jet-engine aircraft.
The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones that were part of Iran's large missile and drone ...
The Air Force's civilian auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, wear-tested the ABU in late 2015, and in May 2016, the national commander of the Civil Air Patrol issued a memorandum allowing the wear of the ABU effective 15 June 2016. However, the uniform is worn with dark blue background and light silver lettering name and branch tapes and black boots ...
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes.
The two contractor teams submitted evaluation results and their PSC proposals for full-scale development in December 1990, [57] and on 23 April 1991, Donald Rice, the Secretary of the Air Force announced that the YF-22 team was the winner. [71] The Air Force also selected the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine to power the F-22 production version.