Air Force - Pint Glass

What’s the big deal with the USAF emblem and seal? It has a massive amount of history and is as old as the Air Force itself (created and approved back in 1947 by President Truman). Earlier that year, concepts for the Air Force Seal were flyered around USAF HQ. Later, a conference of thirty military top brass carefully considered which design they preferred. Initially, they wanted the Wright Brothers' airplane in the shield but after a review, decided it should be blue rather than green. They also wanted a simpler and mythological design. Arthur E. DuBois drew a sketch of the Greek god, Jupiter's thunderbolt as a suggested symbol. They fell in love with it immediately, the perfect image as a legendarymissile-like weapon that is hurled from the heavens upon Zeus or Jupiter’s enemies. What about the American Bald Eagle? Other than the symbol of America’s greatness, it represents the Air Force’s complete domination of the skies. There’s a proud and fierce independence to this great bird of prey that uniquely symbolizes the strength and freedom of America.