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![[Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^secaf.gif)
image by Miles Li, 7 September 2007
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All the flags below are 52 x 66 inches. For indoor and parade use, they are embroidered, trimmed with 2 1/2 inch wide fringe as indicated, equipped with cords and tassels (cord 8 feet 6 inches long) and mounted on staffs with chrome-plated spearhead finials. Same size without fringe, etc., is used for hoisting on halyards. A note on colors: ultramarine blue and golden yellow are officially defined by reference to the a standard color card used for all U.S. government flags.
The Secretary of the Air Force's flag is ultramarine blue, 52 by 66 inches, and has the Air Force coat of arms (officially blazoned as blue celeste a thunderbolt or garnished gules above a base nebuly argent; for crest an American bald eagle wings elevated before a cloud all proper) at the center and a white star in each corner. The fringe is golden yellow, the cord and tassels ultramarine blue and golden yellow. From the establishment of the Department of the Air Force in 1947 until the mid 1950s the Secretary flew an
ultramarine blue flag with a white star pierced red with two golden yellow wings expanded, and a star in each corner. The current design came into use in the 1953-56 timeframe.
Source: Air Force Regulation 900-3.
Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
Construction sheet: Secretary of the Air Force
Created 9 August 2006. Superseded original drawing created on 1 August 1977.
Hoist and fly stars: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Fly and hoist stars: White (Cable 65005)
Fringe: Air Force Yellow (Cable 80068)
![[Under Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^usaf.gif)
image by Miles Li, 7 September 2007
The Under Secretary of the Air Force's flag is of the same size and design as the Secretary's, but with a white field and ultramarine blue stars. Fringe, cord and tassels are the same. Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force use the same flag as the Under Secretary, but with ultramarine blue instead of golden yellow fringe.
Source: Air Force Regulation 900-3.
Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
Construction sheet: Under Secretary of the Air Force
Created 9 August 2006. Superseded original drawing created on 1 August 1977.
Hoist and fly stars: White (Cable 65005)
Fly and hoist stars: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Fringe: Air Force Yellow (Cable 80068)
![[Assistant Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^asaf.gif)
image by Miles Li, 7 September 2007
Construction sheet: Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force
Created 9 August 2006. Superseded original drawing created on 1 August 1977.
Hoist and fly stars: White (Cable 65005)
Fly and hoist stars: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Fringe: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
![[Air Force Chief of Staff flag]](../images/u/us^afcs.gif)
image by Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force's flag is divided diagonally from upper hoist to lower fly, ultramarine blue over white, with the Air Force coat of arms on the center flanked by a horizontal line of four stars, two ultramarine blue ones in the hoist and two white ones in the fly. The fringe is golden yellow, the cord and tassels golden yellow and ultramarine blue. (The stars on the Chief of Staff's flag are about 1/3 bigger than those on the Secretary's.)
Source: Air Force Regulation 900-3.
Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
Construction sheet: Chief of Staff
Created 1 August 1977. Superseded original drawing created on 23 June 1948.
Hoist and fly stars: White (Cable 65005)
Fly and hoist
stars: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Fringe: Air Force
Yellow (Cable 80068)
![[Air Force Vice Chief of Staff flag]](../images/u/us^afvcs.gif)
image by Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
The Vice Chief of Staff's flag is 52 by 66 inches, divided by two diagonal lines, with the upper and lower portions of the flag white and the hoist and fly ultramarine blue. The Air Force coat of arms is in the center flanked by four white stars in a horizontal line. The fringe is golden yellow, the cord and tassels golden yellow and ultramarine blue.
Source: Air Force Regulation 900-3.
Joe McMillan, 20 January 2001
Construction sheet: Vice Chief of Staff
Created 1 August 1977. Superseded original drawing created on 8 November 1971.
Upper and Lower Base: White (Cable 65005)
Hoist and Fly
Base: Ultramarine Blue (Cable 65010)
Stars: White (Cable
65005)
Fringe: Air Force Yellow (Cable 80068)
![[1947 Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^secaf47.gif)
image by Miles Li, 7 September 2007
Source: National Geographic Magazine; Flags of All Nations [hms58]
The fringe should be in gold.
Miles Li, 19 March 2007
![[1947 Under Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^usaf47.gif)
image by Miles Li, 19 March 2007
Source: Flags of All Nations [hms58]
The fringe for Undersecretary should (presumably) be in gold, that of Assistant Secretaries (presumably) in ultramarine. blue.
Miles Li, 19 March 2007
![[1947 Under Secretary of the Air Force flag]](../images/u/us^asaf47.gif)
image by Miles Li, 19 March 2007
Source: Flags of All Nations [hms58]
The fringe for Assistant Secretaries (presumably) is ultramarine blue.
Miles Li, 19 March 2007