Emblem
Blue and yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater for Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. Black represents strength and determination, Black and blue alludes the squadrons day and night operations. Green signifies adaptability, and is a color traditionally connected with the Army, a military service deriving direct benefit form the unit’s products and services. The flashes are three in number, symbolic of the three Air Force Weather enabling concepts of environmental characterization, managing net-centric data and services and information exploitation. Each flash has three points, signifying support to strategic-, operations, and tactical operations. The anemometer symbolizes the squadron’s mission as an element of Air Force Weather. The three flashes and the anemometer share a common point and denote the fusing-the transformation- raw data into actionable environmental information. The globe represents the worldwide impact of the unit’s mission.
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