202nd Weather Flight
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According to former US Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill A. McPeak, "Organizational emblems connect Air Force personnel with the heritage and traditions of their units."  The main unit emblem of the 202nd Weather Flight acts as a symbol of our past, present, and future.
 
From the first time aviators met in aerial combat, they've emblazoned their uniforms and aircraft with striking symbols and daring characters.  Military flying units have created more than 9,000 emblems. Like knights of old, they displayed these colorful symbols of the warrior spirit with pride. The graphic images rallied warriors, telegraphing instantly to would-be enemies: "We are united. We fear no one." (Quote from Lt. Col. Michael Perini in the September 1991 issue of Airman Magazine.)

The Unit Emblem of the 202nd Weather Flight incorporates elements and symbols that indicate our mission and history.  The colors of the emblem are part Air Force and part Army.  In the Dexter Chief (Upper Left) is an anemometer in the format of the Air Force Weather Agency on a green field, indicating our mission as weather organization in direct support to the Army.  The green indicates the ground, the theater the Army operates in.  In the Sinister Base (Lower Right) is the Air National Guard Minuteman on a field of blue, indicating our position as members of the Air National Guard.  The blue is an Ultramarine Blue, which represents the sky, the theater the Air Force operates in.

    Running from the Chief to the Base through the Honor Point (Upper Right to Lower Left through the Center) is a bolt of lightning on a field of black, indicating the power of the United States Military.  The black indicates night and stealth, as the U.S. Military "owns the night."

    On the top scroll is our unit designation, the 202nd Weather Flight, of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.  On the bottom scroll is our unit motto "Vince Aut Morite" which translates to "Victory or Death."  It is taken from a flag that according to tradition was carried by Bedford Massachusetts Minuteman Nathaniel Page in the Battle of Concord.  As today's Minutemen, the 202nd Weather Flight strives to carry forward that tradition.

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This page last modified 25 November 2004

202nd Weather Flight
New England's Combat Weather Team
POC:  MSgt Peno