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English: Roundel used by all US armed forces from 31 July 1943 to 14 January 1947, replacing roundel having red outline, or no outline, but with white bars, and was replaced some nine months before the USAF was formed, by roundel having a single lengthwise red bar inset in white bars (bisecting them), giving the insignia the trio of red-white-red stripes evocative of the non-canton areas of ...
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.
This roundel would be replaced in most instance by a roundel based on European use, only to be reintroduced in 1919, but with different proportions. The center dot on this version is 1/3 of the diameter - on the later version it was reduced to being bound by lines connecting the inner points of the star.
Roundel of the United States Army Air Corps used from 1926 to 1941. When the Air Corps name was changed to the United States Army Air Force which retained the roundel until 1942 when complaints came that the red dot in the centre of the star could be confused by anti-aircraft personnel or other pilots for Japanese aircraft (their roundel was a red circle).
Starting in 2019, USAA has also faced a number of fines — $3.5 million over customer-related violations, $85 million over compliance and management issues and $140 million over weak protections ...
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Date: 16 March 2009: Source: USN Lockheed PV-1 and USAAF P-40E colors consistent as per Elliot, John M. (1989) The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide Vol 2 1940-1949, Sturbridge, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications ISBN: 0-914144-32-4.
Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...