442d Maintenance Squadron

Emblem

Description

On a disc parted per fess enarched Azure and Gules, a plate Silver Gray, charged with a gunstone encircled by an annulet within seven gunstones in orle Sable, between two stylized wings elevated to chief Argent, detailed of the fourth and flanking a grenade Proper, enflamed Or.  In base, a wrench fesswise of the third, all within a narrow border Yellow.

Attached above the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed ‘EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO” in Yellow letters.

Attached below the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed "442D MAINTENANCE SQ" in Yellow letters.

Symbolism

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 arched background indicates land base maintenance and air operations.  The winged Gatling gun in the middle associates the unit with its wing and the wing’s fighter mission.  The grenade in chief signifies the weapon systems the unit maintains.  The wrench in base shows the foundation of all maintenance operations.