34th Combat Communications Squadron

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34th Combat Communications Squadron
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34th Combat Communications Squadron emblem
Active1993–2013
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Air Force
Part of Air Force Space Command/3d Combat Communications Group
Garrison/HQ Tinker AFB, Oklahoma

The 34th Combat Communications Squadron (34 CBCS) was a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.

Contents

Mission

History

The unit emblem was designed by SrA Steve Carter in 1995, who would later go on to retire as a TSgt. SrA Carter was tasked to draft something without direction, "Carter, you're an artist. We need an idea for an emblem by end of day."[ citation needed ] The artist had been reading Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian books that week and, on short notice, drafted the emblem in a rough form and submitted it that day. The emblem consisted of a black anthropomorphic bull wielding a broadsword in one hand and holding a globe in the other. The broadsword originally broke out from the border, which is not allowed in Air Force heraldry.

By popular vote, the squadron chose this design over others submitted. It would later morph into its final version with a red bull.

Assignments

Major Command

Wing/Group

Previous designations

Bases stationed

Commanders

Decorations

See also