C004547
Location: 9H7Coin: Unit
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Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter.
SIDE 1 - On a round blue field, a white skull and crossbones superimposed over the silhouette of a B-1 bomber, surrounded by a wide black band bordered in white with the words, "B-1 COMBAT WARRIORS" above and "MORS AB ALTO" (Death from above) below: all surrounded by a an oblique line border.
SIDE 2 - A red scorpion with a lightning bolt in one claw and an open wrench in the oher, superimposed over a green bomb aimed southwest, in turn superimposed on a 3-colored (red, white & blue) map of Texas; all on a round pewter-colored field with the words, "NATURA NOSTRA" (Our Nature) along the bottom edge and surrounded by a wide black band with the words, "7TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON" above and, "DYESS AFB, TX" below; surrounded by an oblique line border.
Journal - Page 102 - Line 25 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (7th AMXS)
The 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron provides combat-ready B-1 aircraft and trained aircraft maintenance and weapons load personnel to support JCS taskings for show of force missions and to destroy America's enemies--anytime, anywhere. It performs organizational-level maintenance of aircraft and armament subsystems. The unit also provides support for B-1 Flight Training Unit, Operational Test and Evaluation program and Weapons Instructor Course.