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Flags of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Joint Service Color Guard on parade at Fort Myer, Virginia in October 2001. This joint color guard shows the organizational colors of each branch (left to right): National, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The several branches of the United ...
Air Force: Air force/sky blue with gold service emblem; In major holiday parades two additional colours are paraded as part of the national colour guard. Honorary Colour of the Armed Forces and Ministry of National Defence: Red with armed forces emblem; Colour of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the MND and ROKAF: Purple
A general order issued by George Washington on February 20, 1776, when he was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, directed that "it is necessary that every Regiment should be furnished with Colours" and the "Number of the Regiment is to be mark'd on the Colours, and such a Motto, as the Colonel may choose, in fixing upon which, the ...
Per Ardua Ad Astra, a 1984 memorial sculpture by Oscar Nemon on University Avenue in Toronto, honouring fallen Canadian airmen and women. Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" [ 1] or "through struggle to the stars" [ 2] that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces ...
United States military aircraft national insignia. A US Navy Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II with low-visibility insignia on fuselage. This is a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States, including those of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and their ...
Army uniform used by U.S. Air Force after 1947, with airman rank insignia attached to the uniform. First distinctive blue service uniforms for the U.S. Air Force in early 1950s. When the U.S. Air Force first became an independent service in 1947, its members initially continued to wear green U.S. Army uniforms with distinct badges and insignia.
The flag of the United States Air Force was introduced in 1951 and consists of the U.S. Air Force 's crest and shield, which itself comprises 13 white stars and the Department of the Air Force's coat of arms on a field of blue. The 13 stars represent the 13 original British American colonies, the three star grouping at the top portray the three ...
The Color Guard of the U.S. Marine Corps at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. in June 2007. The official flag is scarlet with the Corps emblem in gray and gold. It was adopted on 18 January 1939, although Marine Corps Order 4 had established scarlet and gold as the official colors of the Corps as early as 1925. [ 1]