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6 Air Refueling Wing

6 Air Refueling Wing
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  • Description: Or, pily of twelve Gules, overall a base Azure supporting a sailing ship with sails set affronte Sable, sails Argent, between two mounts issuing from dexter and sinister Vert, below a shooting star in dexter chief and a bi-wing aircraft, viewed from below Argent, garnished Sable, in sinister chief; all within a diminished bordure of the first. Motto. PARATI DEFENDERE — Ready to defend. Approved for the 6th Group on 22 Jan 1924 and adopted by the 6th Wing on 18 Mar 1955; replaced by emblem approved on 21 Oct 1980; original emblem reinstated on 20 Sep 1988.