Summary

Description1st Special Operations Wing.svg	English: Emblem of the 1st Special Operations Wing, a wing of the United States Air Force
Date	4 June 2011
Source	http://www.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/hires/AFG-070111-001.jpg
Author	United States Air Force, vectorized by User:Sgt_bilko, based on File:1st_Special_Operations_Wing.png
Permission (Reusing this file)	PD-USGov
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Meaning [1]

It was approved for the reconstituted 1st Air Commando Group on June 6, 1943.

The background is national colors with the blue representing the sky and the Air Force. The 13 red and white stripes represent the 13 original colonies, the first American force to engage in limited war. The stripes also are reminiscent of the red and white diagonal markings on some 1st Air Commando Group aircraft, an ancestor of the 1st SOW.

The silver dagger represents the air commando, and the dagger is winged to indicate that commandos come from the air. A golden lamp of knowledge reflects the wing's civic action role and indicates that wing members serve as teachers, as well as warriors, in assisting U.S. allies determine their own way of life and form of government.

Motto: Any Time, Any Place

Subordinate units

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  8th Special Operations Squadron
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  73rd Special Operations Squadron
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  1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron

Licensing

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