Mbiri Yakale Yoyendera Nkhondo (Insignia)

Wachikatolika wa ku America si lingaliro latsopano. Kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, akuluakulu a usilikali, apingo ndi akuluakulu a boma agwiritsira ntchito chizindikiro chakunja kuti adziwe udindo ndi ntchito m'dera. Msilikali wa ku US, yemwe si mkulu wa asilikali omwe adakhalapo mzaka zazaka 150 zapitazi, kuchokera ku mishmash ya epaulets, sashes, cockades, ndi mikwingwirima ku zida zochepa za masiku ano.

Zisanafike 1872, zolemba zolembedwa zinali zosapezeka. Lamulo lonse lochokera ku Dipatimenti Yachiwawa la pa March 27, 1821, linatchulidwa koyambirira kwa asilikali a US kuvala chevrons. Lero, chevron ikuyimira malipiro, osati malonda enieni.

Poyambirira, maofesi ankavala zovala zina, koma izi zinayamba kuchitika mu 1829. Ngakhale kuti zaka khumi zapitazi zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi apolisi, anthu ambiri amaganiza za masewera omwe amatha kutchulidwa.

Malangizo a mfundo zowonjezereka zinasinthika kupyolera mu zaka. Poyambirira, iwo ankalongosola, ndipo pa yunifolomu ina, anaphimba pafupifupi lonse lonse la mkono. Mu 1847, mfundoyi inasinthidwa ku malo "okweza", omwe anakhalapo mpaka 1851. Service chevrons, omwe amatchedwa "hash marks" kapena "mikwingwirima yothandizira," inakhazikitsidwa ndi George Washington kusonyeza kukwaniritsidwa kwa utumiki wa zaka zitatu. Pambuyo pa Kuukira kwa America, iwo adagwiritsidwa ntchito mosagwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo mpaka 1832 chisanafike lingalirolo linabwezeretsedwa.

Iwo aloledwa mwa mawonekedwe amodzi kapena ena kuyambira pamenepo.

US Air Force akufufuza kuti asinthe kuchokera mu 1864 pamene Mlembi wa Nkhondo akuvomereza pempho kuchokera kwa Maj. William Nicodemus, mkulu wa asilikali a asilikali, chifukwa cha chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha zaka 10 pambuyo pake. Mayina a Signal Service ndi Signal Corps anagwiritsidwa ntchito mosiyana pakati pa 1864-1891.

Mu 1889, chevron yosavuta ya sergeant inagula masentimita 86 ndipo makampani anali a senti 68.

Mndandanda wa gulu la Air Force lero unayamba pa Aug. 1, 1907, pamene US Army Signal Corps inakhazikitsa Aeronautical Division. Chigawocho chinakonzedwanso ku Gawo Loyendetsa Zochita Zakafika m'chaka cha 1914, ndipo mu 1918, Dipatimenti Yachiwawa inalekanitsa Aviation Section (ndege) kuchokera ku Signal Corps, yomwe imapanga ntchito yapadera. Ndi kulengedwa kwa Army Air Service, chipangizo chawo chinapanga mapiko. Mu 1926, ofesiyo inakhala Army Air Corps, yosungirako mapangidwe a mapiko ake m'mphepete mwake.

Zithunzi zosiyana zinakhala zovuta. Zojambula zenizeni nthawi zambiri zimalongosola luso la malonda ndipo nthambi iliyonse imafuna mtundu uliwonse. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1919, Dipatimenti ya zachipatala inali ndi zida zisanu ndi ziwiri zosiyana siyana zomwe palibe nthambi ina yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito. Mu 1903, sergeant ayenera kuti anali atavala zivalo zinayi zosiyana, malingana ndi yunifolomu yomwe iye ankavala. Mavuto owopsa a malipiro, kalasi, maudindo, ndi malipiro anachititsa Congress ku 1920 kuti iwononge mndandanda wa magawo asanu ndi awiri. Izi zinaphwanya kalembedwe kachitidwe kovomereza udindo uliwonse ndi kulemba malipiro a ntchito iliyonse ku Army. Kusinthaku kunakhudza kwambiri kapangidwe ka chevron.

Kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito nthambi ndi zapadera zidafa mwakhama ngakhale kuti ndondomeko yoyang'anira ndondomeko ya nkhondo. Opanga opanga payekha anapanga mapangidwe apadera akale ndi mawonekedwe atsopano a buluu operekedwa kwa chevrons atsopano. Zobvala zosaloledwa zinali zachilendo ndipo zizindikirozi zinkagulitsidwa pamasitolo ena. Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1920 ndi 1930, Dipatimenti Yachiwawa inamenya nkhondo yolimbana ndi zida zapadera. Zowonjezereka zazidziwitso zazing'ono zomwe sizinaloledwe ndizo zidali zovala ndi mamembala a Army Air Corps, ndi mapiko othamanga.

Air Force inagonjetsa ufulu wawo pa September 18, 1947, monga wogwirizana ndi Army ndi Navy pamene National Security Act ya 1947 inakhala lamulo. Panali nthawi yosinthira pambuyo pa udindo watsopano wapereka Air Force. The chevrons anapitirizabe "Army kuyang'ana." Olemba ntchito anali akadali "asilikali" mpaka 1950 pamene anakhala "mphamvu" kuti aziwasiyanitsa ndi "asilikali" kapena "oyendetsa sitima."

9 March 1948 - Palibe zifukwa zomveka zogwirizana ndi momwe USAF ikulembera mahatchi, kupatulapo maminiti a msonkhano womwe unachitikira ku Pentagon pa 9 March 1948, wotsogoleredwa ndi General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, mkulu wa asilikali. Mphindi iyi ikuwonetsa kuti mapangidwe a chevron adasankhidwa ku Bolling Air Force Base ndipo kalembedwe kamene kanagwiritsidwa ntchito lero kanasankhidwa ndi 55% ya 150 airmen omwe anafunsidwa. General Vandenberg, motero, adavomereza kusankha anthu ambiri.

Aliyense amene anapanga mikwingwirima ayenera kuti anali kuyesera kuti aphatikize mapepala omwe anagwiritsidwa ndi mamembala a Army Air Force (AAF) panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse komanso zida zogwiritsidwa ntchito pa ndege. Chigambacho chinali ndi mapiko omwe anali ndi nyenyezi yoboola pakati pomwe nyenyezizo zinali nyenyezi ndi mipiringidzo iwiri. Mipikisano ikhoza kukhala mipiringidzo yochokera kuzinthu zowonongeka za ndege zomwe zimakwera pamwamba kwambiri kuti ziwonetse mapiko. Mtoto wa siliva umasiyana ndi yunifolomu ya buluu ndipo ukhoza kutanthauza mitambo yodabwitsa.

Panthawiyi kukula kwa zida zatsopano zimatsimikizika kuti zikhale mainchesi anayi kwa amuna, zitatu-mainchesi-kwa-akazi -.--- Kusiyanasiyana kumeneku kumapanga dzina la "WAF (Women in Air Force ) chevrons "ponena za mikwingwirima ya masentimita atatu.

Maina apamwamba, panthawi ino, kuyambira pansi mpaka pamwamba, anali: Padera (palibe mkanda), Private First Class (kamodzi kamodzi), Corporal (mikwingwirima iwiri), Sergeant (mikwingwirima itatu), Staff Sergeant (mikwingwirima inayi), Technical Sergeant (mikwingwirima isanu), Master Sergeant (mikwingwirima sikisi ndi chakhumi chokha chovomerezedwa kwa Ntchito Zoyamba za Sergeant).

20 FEBRUARY 1950 - General Vandenberg adalangiza kuti kuyambira lero lino, adalemba antchito a Air Force adzatchedwa "Airmen" kuti aziwasiyanitsa ndi "Asilikali" ndi "Oyendetsa." Kale, a Air Force analembetsa antchito anali adatchedwanso "Asilikari.

24 April 1952 - Zofukufuku zomwe zinapangidwa mu 1950 ndi 1951 zinasintha kusintha mndandanda wa mayendedwe awo ndipo adasankhidwa ndi Air Council ndi Chief of Staff mu March 1952. Kusinthaku kunachitika mu Air Force Regulation 39-36 pa 24 April 1952. Choyamba Cholinga chothandizira kusintha kayendedwe kake ka airman chinali choletsedwa cha udindo wapamwamba wosatumizidwa ku gulu la apamwamba a airmen omwe ali ochepa mu chiwerengero kuti awalole kugwira ntchito ngati osankhidwa. Ndondomeko zowonjezera ubwino wa utsogoleri wotsogoleredwa wosatumizidwa ndikugwirizana ndi kusintha kwake: tsopano kuti kusintha kumeneku kunapangidwa, ndondomeko zopitiliza ndikupindula ubwino wa utsogoleri umenewu zinayamba.

Maina a mndandandawo anasintha (ngakhale kuti si a chevrons). Maina atsopano, kuyambira pansi mpaka pamwamba, anali: Basic Airman (mikwingwirima), Kalasi Yachitatu ya Airman (Mzere umodzi), Airman Second Class (mikwingwirima iwiri), Airman First Class (mikwingwirima itatu), Staff Sergeant (mikwingwirima inayi,) Sergent (Stripes zisanu) ndi Master Sergeant (mikwingwirima sikisi).

Panthawi imeneyo, idakonzedwa kukhazikitsa zizindikiro zatsopano za magulu atatu a Airmen (Choyamba, Chachiwiri, ndi Chachitatu). Zojambula zoyambirira za insignia zotchulidwazo zili ndi mikwingwirima pamlingo wosakanikirana, kusungira mikwingwirima yowonongeka kwa magawo atatu apamwamba kusiyanitsa Osatumizidwa Maofesi (NCOs).

DECEMBER - 1952 - Zopangidwe-zatsopano-zazing'ono zitatu za m'munsimu za airman zivomerezedwa ndi General Vandenberg. Komabe, ntchito yogula katundu imatsitsidwira mpaka zida zomwe zilipo tsopano zatha. Izi sizingachitike mpaka June 1955.

22 SEPTEMBER 1954 - Pa tsiku lino, mkulu wa asilikali, General Nathan F. Twining, akuvomereza zizindikiro zatsopano kwa a Sergeants Woyamba. Amakhala ndi ndondomeko ya diamondi yomwe imakhala pansi pa "V" pamwamba pa chevron. Malingaliro ovomerezeka kuti adziwidwe ndi zizindikiro ziwirizi zinapangidwa ndi malamulo awiri: Strategic Air Command (SAC) ndi Air Training Command (ATC). Malingaliro ochokera ku ATC anaphatikizidwa mu zowonjezera zomwe zinayikidwa mu Project 1957 ATC Personnel Planning Project, pomwe SAC NCO Academy, March AFB, CA, idapanga dongosolo pa 30 April 1954 ku Air Council.

21 SEPTEMBER 1955 - Kupezeka kwa zizindikilo zosiyana za Msilikali Woyamba akudziwitsidwa.

12 March 1956 - Mu 1952 General Vandenberg adavomereza mpando watsopano wa Airman, Woyamba, Wachiwiri ndi Wachitatu. Cholinga cha kusintha kumeneku chinali kuonjezera kutchuka kwa Staff, Technical, ndi Master Sergeant chevrons. Mipikisanoyo idasintha kuchoka pamapangidwe a angled mpaka osakanikirana. Komabe, chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa ma chevrons pamanja, ntchitoyi inachedwetsedwa mpaka chakudyacho chitachotsedwa, chomwe chinachitika kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 1956. Chisankho chosintha chisinthikocho chinapitsidwanso kwa General Twining pa 12 March 1956. Mkuluyo anayankha mosapita m'mbali mwachidule Memo yonena kuti "Palibe kusintha kosinthidwa muzolakwika."

JANUARY - JUNE 1958 - Chigamulo cha Military Pay Act cha 1958 (Chilamulo cha 85- 422), chinapereka mwayi wa E-8 ndi E-9. Palibe zopititsa ku sukulu zatsopano zomwe zinapangidwa m'chaka chachuma cha 1958 (July 1957 mpaka June 1958). Komabe, anthu 2,000 ankayembekezeredwa kupititsidwa ku E-8 chaka chachuma chaka cha 1959. Komano, malinga ndi malamulo a Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo , palibe kutengekanso kwa kalasi ya E-9 kudzapangidwe mu Chaka Chotsatira cha 1959 Mu May ndi June 1958, aphunzitsi pafupifupi 45,000 ochokera ku malamulo onse anayesedwa ndi kafukufuku woyang'aniridwa ngati gawo loyamba la 2,000 kuti apitsidwe patsogolo pa 8. Chiyesochi chinawonetsa zofunikira pafupifupi 15,000, kulola pafupifupi 30,000 kuti apitirize kuyang'aniranso- ndi mabungwe oyang'anira omwe 2,000 angasankhidwe poyamba.

JULY-DECEMBER 1958 - Maphunziro awiri atsopano (E-8 ndi E-9) adalandiridwa makamaka kuti athetsa "compress" mu Master Sergeant. Komabe, chifukwa chiwerengerocho chiyenera kuchoka ku chilolezo choyambirira cha Master Sergeant , palibe kusintha kwa mwayi wopititsa patsogolo mwayi umene unakhazikitsidwa.

Komabe, chinali njira yothetsera vuto la kusiyana pakati pa maudindo a Master Sergeants. Mwachitsanzo, mukukonzekera Mndandanda wa bungwe la msilikali wankhanza, akuluakulu oyendetsa anayi, oyang'anira awiri, ndi mtsogoleri wa mndandanda onse omwe anali a Master Sergeant. Maphunziro atsopanowa angalole kuti woyang'anira pamwamba akhale wapamwamba kuposa ena, aliyense wa iwo anali ndi maudindo akuluakulu ake.

Kuonjezera maphunziro awiri atsopano kunabweretsa mavuto ena. Chofunika kwambiri chinali chakuti pa maphunziro asanu ndi anayi onse, asanu adayenera kukhala pa " Sergeant ". Mpaka makumi asanu ndi atatu (40%) ya chiwerengero chonse cholembedwera chikanakhala m'masukulu asanu. Pa chifukwa chimenechi, kuchoka kwa "Airmen" ndi "Sergeants" kukuoneka ngati kosawerengeka. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti, ndi chiƔerengero pafupifupi 1 mpaka 1 pakati pa Airmen ndi Sergeants, si Sergeants onse omwe angakhale oyang'anila. Zinkaonedwa kuti nthawi yafika yoti athe kusiyanitsa pakati pa Airmen osaphunzira, omwe ali ndi luso pazitsamba za Staff and Technical Sergeant, ndi mlingo woyang'anira.

Kufulumira komwe kunali kofunikira kuti agwiritse ntchito lamuloli sikunalolere kubwereza kwathunthu kwa dongosolo lolembedwera. Choncho, zinali zotsimikizirika kuti, pakalipano, maudindo ndi zilembo ziyenera kugwirizana mu dongosolo ndi kusintha kosatheka.

Ndemanga za malamulo akuluakulu anapemphedwa, ndipo maudindo a Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) ndi Chief Master Sergeant (E-9) ndiwo otchuka kwambiri. Iwo ankawoneka kuti ndi abwino kwambiri powonetsera kuti akukwera kalasi ndi kukhala ndi ubwino wosayang'ana mosaganizira kwa akale aja a nthawi yaitali a Sergeants omwe sangasankhidwe kuti apange sukulu yatsopano.

Popeza kuti adasankha kumanga kachitidwe ka insignia m'malo mobwezeretsa mndandanda wonsewo, vuto la chidziwitso chokhutiritsa linakhala lovuta. Chiwerengero cha malingaliro anali kulingalira. Zina mwa zomwe zinatayidwazo ndizo: kugwiritsa ntchito zilembo za Master Sergeant zomwe zimapangitsa nyenyezi imodzi ndi ziwiri (kukanidwa chifukwa cha kulandidwa kwa zida za mkulu wa bungwe) komanso zofanana ndi lozenges (zotsutsidwa popanda chisokonezo ndi zilembo zoyamba za Sergeant). Chosankhacho chinali potsiriza, ndipo mosakayikira, chophatikizika, chophatikizidwa ku kachitidwe kamene kanali kakang'ono kwambiri pa Mbuye wamkulu Sergeant Insignia, mikwingwirima imodzi ndi iwiri yosonyeza mbali yina (kumtunda) kusiya munda wa buluu pakati pa malo otsika a Master Sergeant ndi mizere ya maphunziro atsopano. Ngakhale kuti izi sizinathetse - vuto - la - "zophika-mikwingwirima," yankho linali - limodzi ndi ndondomeko kuti nkhani yonse yobwereza dongosolo lolembedwera monga maudindo ndi zilembo ziyenera kuphunzitsidwa. Palibe zodandaula zomwe zinatchulidwa pazochitika zatsopano.

5 FEBRUARY 1959 - Patsiku lino malamulo atsopano omwe amalembedwa maudindo osiyanasiyana omwe amalembedwa amamasulidwa. Kusintha kokha kumakhudza E-1. Mmalo mwa mutu wakuti "Basic Airman," malamulo atsopano amatsogolera kuti "Airman Basic" tsopano ndi udindo woyenera.

15 MAY 1959 - Buku latsopano la Air Force Manual 35-10 lasindikizidwa. Amayankhula zopanda chilungamo kwa mphamvu yolembedwera. Pa nthawi ya kulengedwa kwa Air Force, ma uniforms a madzulo ankaonedwa kuti ndizochokera kwa gulu la apolisi. Pa nthawiyi palibe munthu amene amakhulupirira kwambiri kuti anthu omwe amamulembera kuti akhale ndi chosowa kapena chilakolako chovala bwino. Komabe, posakhalitsa, anthu olembapo anadziwitsa zosowa zawo ndipo mu 1959 buku lofananamo linagwirizana ndi zenizenizo. Ngakhale chovala chamdima chamadzulo chovala chovala chamadzulo chinali cha apolisi yekha, chovala choyera chovala chovala chovala chokongoletsedwa chinali chovomerezeka kuti chigulitsidwe ndi kuvala ndi ogwira ntchito onse. Kwa amuna omwe analembera, chiwerengero cha kalasiyo chinali kukula kwa machitidwe (masentimsita anayi) ndi ziboliboli zoyera pambali yoyera. Kwa akazi omwe analembedwanso, zomwezo zinakhala zoona kupatulapo zigoba zoyera zinali zazifupi zitatu. Zipaka zoyerazo zinagwiritsidwa ntchito mpaka chovala choyera chovala chikamatha mu 1971.

28 FEBRUARY 1961 - Yunifolomu yofiira yapamwamba (mthunzi 505) inavomerezedwa ndi bolodi yunifolomu. Komabe, masentimita atatu okha "WAF chevron" amayenera kuvala malaya. Izi zinafuna kusintha dzina. Popeza kuti tsopano amuna anali kuvala "WAF chevrons," dzina lenileni la mikwingwirima yamitunda itatu inakhala "yaing'ono.

12 JUNE 1961 - Buku latsopano la Air Force Manual 35-10 linavumbulutsa yunifolomu yatsopano yowonjezera: a Black Mess Dress Uniform. Poletsedwa kale kuvala zovala zofiira zakuda, zovala zatsopano zamtundu wakuda zinayambitsa kufunika kwa chevrons ndi aluminium zitsulo zakuda. Mipikisano yowongokayi idakali yogwiritsidwa ntchito pa zovala zosokoneza pakalipano.

JANUARY 1967 - Kulengedwa kwa Chief Master Sergeant wa Air Force (CMSAF) ndi zizindikiro zake zosiyana.

22 AUGUST 1967 - Patsiku lino bungwe la yunifolomu linayamba kufufuza njira zogwiritsira ntchito zida zapamwamba pa pulaco. Vutoli lidzasokoneza bolodi mpaka 1974.

19 OCTOBER 1967 - Dipatimenti ya Airman, maudindo, ndi maadiresi adasinthidwa. Kuti izi zisinthike, ndikubwezeretsanso chikhalidwe cha NCO ku grade E-4: Airman Basic (mikwingwirima), Airman (mgwirizano umodzi), Airman First Class ( mikwingwirima iƔiri), Sergeant (mikwingwirima itatu), Sergeant Staff kudzera Chief Master Sergeant, ndi First Sergeants , palibe kusintha.

Kusintha kwa mutu wa payipi E-4 kuchokera ku Airman First Class kwa Sergeant kunabwezeretsa chikhalidwe cha NCO chomwe chinasokonekera mu 1952 pamene Air Force inalandira maudindo atsopano. Kukwanira kwa E-4 ku NCO ndikumagwirizanitsa ndi magulu a magulu a Air Force ndi ntchito zina ndi kuzindikira kuti ali ndi ziyeneretso zotani zomwe zimafunika kuti ayeneretsedwe mu grade E-4. Airmen sakanakhoza kulengezedwa mpaka E-4 mpaka ataphunzitsidwa pa msinkhu wa luso la 5, chimodzimodzi chiyeneretso chofunikira kuti chidziwitsidwe kwa Staff Sergeant . Monga phindu linalake, kutchuka komwe kunapezeka pobwezeretsa udindo wa NCO ndi mwayi ku kalasi ya E-4 kunabwera nthawi yomwe airmen akuyandikira mfundo yawo yoyambiranso. Pa nthawi yomwe Air Force inali ndi zovuta zambiri omwe ambiri sanalembenso. Iwo ankaganiza kuti kukwaniritsa udindo wa NCO 26 kumapeto kwa kulembedwa koyamba kudzathandizira kusunga.

25 NOVEMBER 1969 - Bwalo la yunifolomu linakumana pa tsiku lino ndipo limavomereza kuvala kwa zida zakuda zakuda ndi mikwingwirima ya aluminiyumu ndi nyenyezi pa jekete yoyera yoyera ndi yophimba yoyera yosavala yoyera yovomerezeka m'malo mwa white-on-white chevrons. Zovala zoyera-zoyera zinaloledwa kuvala mpaka 1 January 1971, panthawi yomwe ma black uniforms pa yunifolomu izo zikanakhala zovomerezeka. Mipikisano yoyera-yoyera inali itagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira mu 1959.

11 AUGUST 1970 - Bungwe la yunifolomu linalamula kuti anthu ogwira ntchitoyi azivala zovala zapakati masentimita 1505.

4 DECEMBER 1970 - Pofufuza kafukufuku woyenera ogwira ntchito kuti azivale pamagetsi awo, bungwe la uniform limavomereza lingaliro la kulola kuti mapuloteni apamwamba apange pulasitiki. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa pulasitiki yotereyi kunapangidwira kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito pa jekete lofiira lopepuka komanso malaya othandiza.

21 SEPTEMBER 1971 - Pambuyo pa machitidwe osiyanasiyana pa mapulasitiki a pulasitiki, bolodi yunifolomu inalimbikitsa kuyesa koyeso, pogwiritsira ntchito pulasitiki ndi zitsulo zazitsulo pazowamba za azimayi ndi azimayi, jekete la buluu lopepuka, topcoat, malaya ogwiritsira ntchito ndi yunifolomu yoyera ya bungwe.

23 AUGUST 1974 - Jenerali David C. Jones, mkulu wa asilikali a USAF, adavomereza zobvala zazitsulo zazitsulo ndi anthu omwe analembera zida za pulasitiki, zovala zamkati za amuna, nsalu ya buluu yopepuka, azungu zamankhwala ndi azitsamba komanso chovala cha ogwira chakudya. Izi zinathetsa mkangano wa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuyambira mu 1967. Komabe, General Jones anagogomezera kuti kugwiritsira ntchito zovala zachikhalidwe pa yunifolomu zina zimapitirira mpaka momwe zingakhalire zothandiza.

30 DECEMBER 1975 - E-2 kupyolera mu E-4 maudindo apamwamba anawerengedwa mu December 1975 pa msonkhano wa CORONA TOP womwe unkayendera bungwe lolimbikitsidwa lopangira atatu. Chinthu chatsopano cha kupititsa patsogolo udindo wa NCO chinasankhidwa ndipo chinalengezedwa ku malamulo akulu pa 30 December 1975. Mbali yaikulu ya pulogalamu yatsopanoyi inali chidziwitso chatsopano kwa Airmen ndi pansi. Zizindikirozo zikanasewera nyenyezi ya buluu mmalo mwa nyenyezi ya siliva pakati pa chevrons.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1976 - Kuyambitsa kusintha kwa 1 March 1976, kulankhulana ndi Institute of Heraldry ndi Army ndi Air Force Exchange Service anayamba kuonetsetsa kuti zidziwitso zatsopano zidzakhala mosavuta. Komabe, zinali zovuta kupeza zatsopano za nyenyezi zamphepete mwa buluu chifukwa cha nthawi yowonongeka yoyenera yomwe makampani ogulitsa zovala amafunika kuti asinthe ku zatsopano. Pa 27 Januwale 1976, Institute of Heraldry inalangiza malonda ovala zovala zatsopano za Air Force, ndipo pa 12 February 1976 Army ndi Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) ofesi ya Pentagon Liaison inauza a Air Force kuti magwero odziwikawo adzakhala okonzeka kupereka pa 1 March ngati mukufuna.

Komabe, kumapeto kwa February, zinali zoonekeratu kuti makampani ovala zovala sangathe kuthandizira pa 1 March tsiku. Choncho, malamulo akulu adadziwitsidwa ndi Headquarters Air Force kuti asiye kukwaniritsa udindo watsopano mpaka 1 June 1976.

1 JUNE 1976 - Chifukwa cha mavuto omwe adakumana nawo pakupeza zida zatsopano m'mabungwe onse a Air Force, maofesi a Consolidated Base Personnel adafunsidwa kuti atsimikizire kuti mabungwe ovala zovala ndi mabungwe oyambirira ankachitapo kanthu kuti atsimikizire kupezeka kwa zatsopano kuti akwaniritse zofunikira pa kukhazikitsa kwawo. Zinthuzo zinali zovuta ndi kutumiza udindo ku Military Clothing Sales kupita ku Army ndi Air Force Exchange Service panthawiyi. Chotsatira chomaliza chinali chigamulo cha AAFES kuti "akulimbikitseni" zofunika pa gawo lililonse mwachindunji ku Bungwe la Utumiki la Chitetezo kwa masiku 90 oyambirira atatha kukhazikitsidwa pa 1 June 1976. Zovala Zachijeremusi Zogulitsa ku Nkhondo ndi Kuthamanga kwa Madzi nthawi iyi. Chotsatira chomaliza chinali chigamulo cha AAFES kuti "kulimbikitsanso" zofunika pa gawo lililonse mwachindunji ku Bungwe la Utumiki la Chitetezo kwa masiku 90 oyambirira mutatha kukhazikitsidwa pa 1 June 1976.

Chidziwitso cha US Air Force News Service, ndi Air Force Historical Research Agency