8th Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force

8TH FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 8 Photographic Squadron on 19 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Feb 1942. Redesignated as: 8 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 9 Jun 1942; 8 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943; 8 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943; 8 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photographic, on 10 Aug 1948; 8 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet, on 1 Aug 1949. Inactivated on 25 Feb 1951. Redesignated as 8 Flying Training Squadron on 14 Apr 1972. Activated on 1 Nov 1972.

Official blazon
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 28 July 1990; latest rendering, 13 April 1995.

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