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U.S. AIR FORCE FLAG FACTS

THE U.S. AIR FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1947.  THE SEAL WAS DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN ON NOVEMBER 1, 1947.

THE U.S. AIR FORCE FLAG FEATURES THE COAT OF ARMS,  THIRTEEN WHITE STARS AND THE AIR FORCE SEAL ON A MEDIUM BLUE FIELD.  THE GROUPING OF THREE STARS AT THE TOP OF THE CREST STANDS FOR THE THREE DEPARMENTS OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT, THE ARMY, NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE.  THE CREST INCLUDES THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE, THE SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES AND STRIKING POWER.  THE EAGLE'S HEAD IS FACING RIGHT A SYMBOL OF FACING THE ENEMY AND LOOKING FORWARD AND NOT AT PAST DEEDS.  A CLOUD FORM DEPICTS THE FORMATION OF NEW FIRMAMENT AND THE WREATH WITH SIX ALTERNATE FOLDS OF SILVER AND BLUE INCORPORATES THE PREDOMINANT COLORS OF THE AIR FORCE.

THE SHIELD IS DIVIDED WITH A LINE FORMATION REPRESENTING CLOUDS AND CHARGED WITH THE HERALDIC THUNDERBOLT, KNOWN AS JUPITER'S THUNDERBOLT, A SYMBOL OF STRIKING POWER IN THE AIR. A BAND OF BLUE ENCIRCLES THE ENTIRE CREST INSCRIBED WITH "DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE"  AND "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". 

THE FLAG WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN MARCH 1951.

Source: U.S. Military - U.S. Air Force Seal  http://usmilitary.about.com