HT-18 Insignia Signifigance?

[Purdue]

So maybe it doesn't matter, and perhaps I'm a geek for asking... but there seems to be a lot of different symbols in HT-18's patch... and I'm just wondering if there's an official statement as to the symbology and meaning of it?

I've looked around the squadron and didn't see a plaque... and after scouring the inter-tubes I came up blank. Any ideas?

 

[othromas]

I don't get it... what's the question?

Red white and blue: duh.

A stylized bird of prey/eagle: it's cool?

A trident: we're in the Navy.

The 18: are you serious?

I'm sorry, I get super sarcastic when I'm loaded.

 

[kejo]

haha nice

yeah there's really not much going on with that patch under the surface. now the HT-8 patch, there's a headscratcher for you, see if you can figure this one out:

derrrr

 

[JTS11]

haha nice

yeah there's really not much going on with that patch under the surface. now the HT-8 patch, there's a headscratcher for you, see if you can figure this one out:

derrrr

Bottom third: Self-explanatory

Upper left third: Stresses the importance of a centered turn needle/ball when flying through a cumulonimbus cloud shaped like Illinois..obviously an instructional tool of some sort

Upper right third: Most likely a Freemason symbol

 

[Purdue]

I don't get it... what's the question?

Red white and blue: duh.

A stylized bird of prey/eagle: it's cool?

A trident: we're in the Navy.

The 18: are you serious?

I'm sorry, I get super sarcastic when I'm loaded.

Ok, explain to me the bright orange Omega.

 

[phrogdriver]

Ok, explain to me the bright orange Omega.

The last phase of training before the fleet.

 

[Pags]

Ok, explain to me the bright orange Omega.

As in Alpha and Omega. HT-18 is the Omega of your flight training. The end. And I heard that the first skipper's kid drew the ink blot of a bird.

 

[othromas]

Upper right looks like an angled infinity symbol. Don't know the significance of putting it in stars. In the same vein as the last post, could it be a warning to be especially watchful for engine fires on startup at night?

 

[Steve Wilkins]

A stylized bird of prey/eagle: it's cool?

That's a Phoenix rising from the water. Duh

 

[othromas]

That's a Phoenix rising from the water. Duh

Really? I thought they were supposed to be red and gold. You know, like in Harry Potter.

 

[dodge]

callsign

if someone could just explain the factoryhand thing i'd be happy.

 

[kejo]

if you count the stars in the figure-8, there are 18. back when HT-8 and HT-18 were split between intermediate and advanced, studs would start in HT-8 with fams, then move on to HT-18 with the rest of their training and ultimately, winging. so, as it was, HT-18 was "in the stars" for those students flying fams in HT-8.

i first learned this word-of-mouth, but in the interest of full disclosure, it's also explained on the HT-8 website :icon_mi_1

**edit**
forgot to say, i never noticed the omega on the -18 patch...that's pretty cool

 

[Pags]

That's a Phoenix rising from the water. Duh

Nah, it's a Vigilant Eagle.

 

[HercDriver]

That's a Phoenix rising from the water. Duh

The Phoenix rises from water? This seems different than the legend I learned...

 

[Circle K]

Red white and blue: duh.

Red, white, and blue definately easy to figure out, but now look at the new HT-28 patch/insignia, and try to explain red, blue, and green.