Wings: Badges of Aviation U.S. Armed Forces (1970-2025): A Photographic Essay

All the militaries of the world show ranks, occupations, and medals of valor with insignia. In 1903, two brothers from Dayton, OH, finally achieved manned flight and forever changed the world. Ten years later, the US Army Signal Corps issued the first pilot wings to a handful of pilots. They only ordered a few wings as they would last forever. Those pilots were to look over enemy lines to see what was going on. Little did they in 1913 understand what was to come. To see aircraft that could fly to the edge of space or at almost 2500 miles per hour. That pilots someday would be called astronauts and fly into space in rockets. This book provides photo's of all the wings of all US Military services since 1970. Not just of pilots but all wings of grades and types of the men and women who serve the United States in the air. Read more