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An aviator badge is an insignia used in most of the world's militaries to designate those who have received training and qualification in military aviation.Also known as a pilot's badge, or pilot wings, the aviator badge was first conceived to recognize the training that military aviators receive, as well as provide a means to outwardly differentiate between military pilots and the “foot ...
The result was the creation of the Army Aviator Badge, which is a modified version of the U.S. Air Force Pilot Badge. It comes in three grades: Basic, Senior (7 years' service and 1,000 flight hours, pilot-in-command status), and Master (15 years' service and 2,000 flight hours, pilot-in-command status). [ 3 ]
Gen. H.H. Arnold, wearing both Command Pilot and 1913 Military Aviator badges. From the Aviation Act (40 Stat. 243), 24 July 1917: That officers detailed in or attached to the aviation section of the signal corps may, when qualified therefore, be rated as junior military aviator, military aviator, junior military aeronaut, and military aeronaut ...
The Pilot/Observer Badge (German: Flugzeugführer- und Beobachterabzeichen) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to Luftwaffe service personnel who had already been awarded the Pilot's Badge and Observer Badge. [1] [2] It was instituted on 26 March 1936 by the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring.
After World War II many badges were phased out of the United States Armed Forces in favor of more modern military badges which are used today. A unique obsolete badge situation occurred with General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold , who in 1913 was among the 24 Army pilots to receive the first Military Aviator Badge , an eagle bearing Signal ...
The Observer Badge is a military badge of the United States armed forces dating from the First World War.The badge was issued to co-pilots, navigators, and flight support personnel (as air observer) who had received a variation in the training required for the standard Pilot's Badge.
The Royal Prussian Military Pilot's Badge (German: Königlich Preußisches Militär-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen) was created by Kaiser Wilhelm II on January 27, 1913. It could be awarded to officers, non-commissioned officers and men who, after passing the two mandatory examinations for pilots and after completing their training at a military pilot station, acquired the certificate of competency ...
Naval aviation pilots were awarded the naval aviation pilot badge which, while considered a separate award, was identical in design to the naval aviator badge. [10] The badge was designed by John H. Towers c. 1917 and consists of a single fouled anchor , surmounted by a shield with 13 stripes, centered on a pair of wings.