320th Missile Squadron Command Emblem

Blazon. On a disc Azure a whale naiant its rear bowed to dexter Argent (Silver Gray) eyed and teeth Argent, detailed and edged Sable, discharging from the blowhole a bomb blast palewise Gules, smoke clouds of the third, garnished of the fourth, all within eleven mullets arched from dexter to sinister of the third; all within a narrow Yellow border. Attached below the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed “320TH MISSILE SQ” in Yellow letters. Significance. Ultramarine Blue and Air Force Yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The whale pays homage to the Squadron’s heritage during World War II previously designated as the 320th Bombardment Squadron, nicknamed “Moby Dick.” The bomb blast alludes to the clouds in which the unit soars. The stars commemorate the distinguished unit citations awarded.

PHOTO BY: 1st Lt. Nolan Murgatroyd
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