Senior Airman Mark Arnet, 103rd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance specialist, applies a “Flying Yankees” tail flash decal to a newly-acquired 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H3 Hercules aircraft at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, June 22, 2021. The “Flying Yankees” emblem features Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, who in 1687, according to legend, hid the Connecticut Charter from British authorities in an oak tree, which became known as the “Charter Oak.” The 118th Airlift Squadron began featuring the emblem on its aircraft soon after the squadron’s organization i
Senior Airman Mark Arnet, 103rd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance specialist, applies a “Flying Yankees” tail flash decal to a newly-acquired 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H3 Hercules aircraft at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, June 22, 2021. The “Flying Yankees” emblem features Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, who in 1687, according to legend, hid the Connecticut Charter from British authorities in an oak tree, which became known as the “Charter Oak.” The 118th Airlift Squadron began featuring the emblem on its aircraft soon after the squadron’s organization in 1923 as the Connecticut National Guard’s 118th Observation Squadron, and the black lightning bolt design dates back to the unit’s service as the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in World War II.
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