52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade Unit Crest (Vigilant And Ready)

52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade Unit Crest (Vigilant And Ready)

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The 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia, commonly referred to as a “unit crest” or a DUI, was approved on 9 December 1966, just over a half-dozen years after it had activated and manned the New York are Missile Master facility at the Highlands Air Force Station, also site of the U.S. Air Force 646th Radar Squadron. Stations such as this were the nation’s primary line of defense against the threat of nuclear missile attack.

It features four upright arrows superimposed on a field of blue that serve as a symbol of air-defense preparedness while also representing four campaign credits the organization was awarded in World War II (Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace). To the right and left of the arrows are fleurs-de-lis that symbolize France and the Rhineland, the two major areas in which the unit operated during World War II.

"Vigilant And Ready," the Brigade motto, reinforces the importance of being alert for any possibility of enemy incursion into U.S. airspace in an era where the nuclear threat was greater than it had ever been before.