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  2. Military aircraft insignia - Wikipedia

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    The first use of national insignia on military aircraft was before the First World War by the French Aéronautique Militaire, which mandated the application of roundels in 1912. [1] The chosen design was the French national cockade, which consisted of a blue-white-red emblem, going outwards from centre to rim, mirroring the colours of the ...

  3. United States military aircraft national insignia - Wikipedia

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    First national insignia of any type used by US military aircraft. Used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aviation Section's 1st Aero Squadron, while on the Pancho Villa Expedition. 15 April 1916: 19 May 1917: United States Navy anchor in blue – first official US naval aircraft insignia. Used on rudders and wings. 17 May 1917: 8 February 1918

  4. File:Roundel of the United States – Low Visibility – Type 5.svg

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    Printable version; Page information; ... 12, 19 March 2013: ... United States military aircraft national insignia; Global file usage.

  5. Badges of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Badges earned by an Air Force officer from the 308th Rescue Squadron (2008) Air Force skill level badge symbols Badges of the United States Air Force are specific uniform insignia authorized by the United States Air Force that signify aeronautical ratings, special skills, career field qualifications, and serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain assignments.

  6. Aircraft marking - Wikipedia

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    Military aircraft insignia, applied to military aircraft to identify the nation or branch of military service United Kingdom Royal Air Force roundels, a circular identification mark used since 1915, United Kingdom; United Kingdom military aircraft registration number, the alpha-numeric registration used to identify individual military aircraft

  7. Roundel - Wikipedia

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    The Tricolore cockade of the French Air Force was first used on military aircraft before the First World War [1]. A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours.

  8. Prop and Wings - Wikipedia

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    The Prop and Wings (propeller and wings) is a military insignia used to identify various aviation-related military units. A stylized propeller and wings insignia was adopted in Germany prior to the outbreak of the First World War for its Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (Imperial German Flying Corps), redesignated as the ...

  9. USAAF unit identification aircraft markings - Wikipedia

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    The markings were two-letter fuselage squadron codes located on one side of the national insignia and a single letter aircraft code on the other side. However sixteen squadrons of B-17s of the new VIII Bomber Command , beginning in December 1942, also received this identification system, which continued in the spring and summer of 1943 when ...