Emblem

On a shield per bend royal purple and black between a bendlet white, a falcon's head, erased, of the last, shaded light blue, eye and pupil indicated in black; his beak open; and issuing from base a demi sphere light blue, outline and grid lines white; centered on the bendlet an atomic symbol of three entwined white elliptical rings around a red atom; the perimeter of the rings marked with six smaller atoms; three lightning bolts radiating downward from the symbol over the sphere all white; a diminutive border around the shield of the last. Approved 14 Feb 1957.

Significance

The field of the teutonic shaped shield, is partitioned by an honorable heraldic bend with the squadron colors, royal purple and black. The falcon's head symbolically depicts the squadron as a swift, fierce deterrent force; the atomic symbol denotes the ability to employ weapon systems of progressively advance design, the lightning, striking the earth at widely separate points, indicates the capability of powerful attack worldwide. The white bendlet and border indicates that this great power will be used wisely and with purity of thought to protect, preserve, and establish peace and liberty always.