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U.S. Army Signal Corps Curtiss JN-3 biplanes with red star insignia, 1915 Nieuport 28 with the World War 1 era American roundels. The first military aviation insignias of the United States include a star used by the US Army Signal Corps Aviation Section, seen during the Pancho Villa punitive expedition, just over a year before American involvement in World War I began.
The nautical star is an informal signifier indicating membership in the United States Coast Guard, United States Navy, or United States Marine Corps. The symbol recalls both the five-pointed star of the US national flag and the color pattern of the compass rose found on many nautical charts. Insignia including nautical stars:
Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to visually identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belong. Many insignia are in the form of a circular roundel or modified roundel; other shapes such as stars, crosses, squares, or triangles are also used.
The flag flying alongside the flag of the United States, Travis Air Force Base, June 2017. There are two differently-sized variants of the flag that are used officially. A large one with an aspect ratio of 33:26, which also serves as the flag of the U.S. Air Force's headquarters element, and a smaller-sized variant with an aspect ratio of 4:3 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... 49th Armored Division "Lone Star" Feb 1946 – 1968. Nov 1973 – July 2004 ... Division insignia of the United States Army.
Many maritime flags have been used in the United States. All maritime vessels and naval warships belonging to the United States (with a few exceptions such as U.S. Coast Guard vessels) fly the ensign of the United States, which is identical to the national flag of the United States (though originally was a design similar to the Grand Union Flag).
The first United States Aviator Badges were issued to members of the Air Service during World War I.The badges were issued in three degrees: Observer (a "US" shield and one left-side wing), Junior Aviator or Reserve Aviation Officer (a "US" shield between two wings), and Senior Aviator (a star over "US" shield between two wings).
Bronze Star Medal, a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration. Gold star , the highest state decoration in the Soviet Union and several post-Soviet states. Service star , an attachment to a military decoration which denotes participation in military campaigns or multiple bestowals of the same award.