11th Airlift Squadron, US Air Force

11TH AIRLIFT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted 11th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942. Activated on 16 Apr 1942. Redesignated 11th Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943. Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944. Reconstituted, and consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 11th Aeromedical Transport Squadron, Light, which was constituted on 18 Oct 1956. Activated on 8 Nov 1956. Redesignated: 11th Aeromedical Transport Squadron on 25 Jul 1964; 11th Aeromedical Airlift Squadron on 12 Jan 1966; 11th Airlift Squadron on 1 Oct 1993.

Official blazon
English	On a sphere Azure with axis bendwise, gridlines and bordure Argent, an equilateral triangle, point to chief, Gules, fimbriated of the second, surmounted by a winged rod of Aesculapius of the last. MOTTO: AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION.

Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 8 May 1959 (KE 35621); replaced emblem approved on 7 October 1943 (K 2796).

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