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GREEN DRAGON EMBLEM |
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318TH FIGHTER SQUADRON |
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(APPROVED - 11 JUNE 1943) |
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DESCRIPTION |
On a light blue disc, a
Chinese Green Dragon, fangs and claws black, armored gold, mouth and
tongue red, grasping a gray machine gun, emitting smoke from the barrel
proper.
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SIGNIFICANCE |
According to Medieval
History, the only way to slay the formable Green Dragon was to equip the
bravest available man with a lance and stout armor plate. In modern
times, this deadliest of all killers is equipped with a machine gun
which again returns the "Green Dragon" to the position of the most
dangerous opponent to man.
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318TH FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON |
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(APPROVED - 27 OCTOBER 1955) |
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DESCRIPTION |
On a light blue disc, a
Chinese Green Dragon with a fierce expression, body scales shadowed dark
green, under the part of the body in rolled scales air force yellow and
vermillion orange, his back barbed white, his eyeballs white with blood
lines, claws, teeth, and fangs white outlined in his left hand emitting
electronic rays, his right claw grasping a red tipped white rocket with
black fins fire exhaust proper.
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SIGNIFICANCE |
According to Medieval
History, the only way to slay the formable Green Dragon was to equip the
bravest available man with a lance and stout armor plate. In modern
times, this deadliest of all killers is equipped with rockets which
again returns the "Green Dragon" to the position of the most dangerous
opponent to man.
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