from:  Schwing, Richard Col (HQ DLA) <Richard.Schwing@dla.mil>
to:      webguy@55srwa.org,
date:  Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM
subject:  From 55th Web Site

Fightin' 55th members - Don't know if you have seen it yet, but the SAC Emblem has been resurrected. The new Air Force Cyber Command has taken on the SAC emblem,
(click here)
In addition, I was promoted to Colonel on March 3rd, thanks to the Fightin' 55th alumni who attended: Brig Gen (ret) Larry Mitchell, Major (USAFR) Carl Comte, and SMSgt (ret) Mark Sullivan.
v/r
Col Schwing
RICHARD P. SCHWING, Colonel, USAF
Chief – Supply, Storage and Distribution Integration Team
HQ DLA / J-39S
Ft Belvoir, VA
Comm 703-767-6289
DSN 427-6289
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FACT SHEET

U N I T E D   S T A T E S  A I R  F O R C E

 

Headquarters Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional)

History Office

Barksdale AFB, LA 71110

(318) 456-2900  

 

Air Force Cyberspace Command  (Provisional) – Emblem

 

Mission

 

The newest major command of the United States Air Force is the Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional) located at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana with the mission of creating a permanent Air Force Cyberspace Command by October 2008 and providing the foundation for a follow-on global effects command.  Full Operational Capability is planned for October 2009.   

Lineage

 Upon formal activation, the Air Force Cyberspace Command (AFCYBER) will trace its lineage to the Strategic Air Command (SAC). Re-designation of SAC to AFCYBER resurrects a lineage that began in World War II and a heritage that embodies the Core Values of the Air Force – Integrity, Service before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. 

                                                                                   Emblem

 The Continental Air Forces activated in 1944 was re-designated as Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1946.  The emblem used at the time was a modification of the “Hap Arnold” wings with the command’s name on a tab as depicted.

 In 1950, SAC decided to create its own unique emblem and conducted a command-wide competition with a $100 US Saving Bond as an incentive.  Over 60 entries were submitted by both military and civilian personnel.  The winning design (right) was submitted by SSgt Robert T. Barnes of the 92d Bombardment Wing at Fairchild AFB, Washington. 

 

The Air Force approved the new designed on 4 January 1952. 

 

The approval letter described the significance of the new SAC emblem.

 

The blue sky is representative of Air Force operations.  The arm and armor is a symbol of strength, power and loyalty and represents the science and art of employing far reaching advantages in securing the objectives of war.  The olive branch, a symbol of peace, and the lighting flashes, symbolic of speed and power, are qualities underlying the mission of the Strategic Air Command.

 

Strategic Air Command was a decisive contributor to strategic deterrence and to winning the Cold War.  In the same way, a fully capable Air Force Cyberspace Command will be no less a contributor to deterrence, achieving Air Force dominance in the cyberspace warfighting domain and facilitating Air Force command and control across the other domains of warfighting – air, sea, land and space.  The SAC emblem adopted in 1952, reflected the agility, power, determination and strength of a global effects command.  This emblem again will be worn with pride, this time by cyber-warriors demonstrating the same traits as their predecessors. 

  

(Current as of December 2007)