On 14 Apr 2004 12:02:19 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Hey, it's right up there with 'Defensor Pacis" (defenders of peace) on the
4500
ABW T-39s at Langley AFB in the 1970s.

The first USAF squadron I was in was the 740th Strategic Missile Squadron of
the 91st Strategic Missile Wing. The squadrons motto was "Custodius Pacis"
;custodians of peace, but if you look in the dictionary you'll also note for
custodian the definition most associated with the word; janitor. We used to
call ourselves the peace janitors.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

Don't know that I ever, in 23 years, served in a unit with a foreign
language motto on the patch. Most simply had the unit number or the
MAJCOM name---lemme see:

3526 Pilot Training Sqdn--no motto
Muletrain
Hacker (no mottos on flight patches)
4526 Combat Crew Training Sqdn--no motto
388th TFW (oops---Libertas Vel Mors)
421st TFS---"Ready, Willing, Able"
3526 Pilot Training Squadron--no motto
3525 Student Training Squadron (Academics)--"Who Dat?"
311 Combat Crew Training Squadron--no motto
388th TFW (still in Latin--Libertas Vel Mors)
469th TFS ---"World's Finest"
34th TFS ---no motto
401st TFS --- no motto
613 TFS --- no motto
USAFE -- no motto
479th TTW --- (oops ---Protectores Libertatis)
435 TFTS --- no motto
602 TACW --- no motto

For a wealth of patches take a look at
http://www.usafpatches.com/gallery.shtml

Easy organization by unit size (sqdn, group, wing) and numbers.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8