514th Flight Test Squadron, US Air Force
514TH FLIGHT TEST SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 514th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 October 1942. Activated on 31 October 1942. Redesignated: 514th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 3 May 1944; 514th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 23 May 1945. Inactivated on 7 March 1946. Redesignated 514th Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Weather, on 16 September 1947. Activated on 15 October 1947. Inactivated on 20 February 1951. Redesignated 514th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 25 May 1951. Activated on 1 June 1951. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 March 1965. Consolidated (1 October 1992) with the 6514th Test Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on 15 May 1970. Redesignated: 514th Test Squadron on 2 October 1992; 514th Flight Test Squadron on 1 March 1994. Combat in MTO and ETO, c. 1 November 1942-15 April 1945. Weather reconnaissance in support of Korean War, July 1950-10 February 1951. Primarily electronic countermeasures, c. November 1952-March 1965. Tested unmanned vehicles and drones, May 1970-.
| English | Azure, two pairs of hands issuing from sinister base grasping a crescent Gules surmounted by two lightning flashes palewise in fess the dexter point up the sinister point to base Or overall in chief a boomerang Orange; all within a diminished bordure of the second. MOTTO: QUAERITE OPTIMUM--Seek the Optimum. |
Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 18 April 1990; replaced emblems approved on 26 March 1957 (4233 A.C.) and 6 January 1944 (23719 A.C.). Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/