Air Force - Pilsner Glass

You’ve probably noticed, we’ve kept our pilsner glasses clean and classic with the USAF emblem. The seal has an awesome history. In September 1947, early drawings of the Air Force Seal were exhibited around USAF HQ. Later, a conference of approximately 30 high-ranking brass carefully considered the preferred one. The participants evaluated an Air Force seal with a green-colored background with a Wright Brothers' airplane in the shield. After review, they decided that the background of the Department of the Air Force Seal should be blue rather than green (reminding them of the wideblue yonder skies), and that a more symbolic design should be substituted. During these discussions, Arthur E. DuBois of the Military planning picked up the design and on its reverse side made a pencil sketch of Jupiter's thunderbolt as a suggested symbol. When the Air Force representatives saw the pencil sketch and understood its significance - mainly the symbol of “death from above” and the majesty of the Greek god, they agreed to adopt that design as the basic symbol for the Air Force Seal instead of the Wright Brothers' airplane.