C005602

Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1: On a blue disc, a winged sword, point down, silver gray in color with a gold pummel and guard, the wings silver in color with five 5-pointed stars in an arc between the wing tips; all within a narrow yellow border. Above and below the disc, black scrolls with narrow yellow borders inscribed above, "VICTORY OR DEATH" and below, "26TH SPECIAL TACTICS SQ", all in yellow letters.

Journal - Page 119 - Line 1

The 26th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the Special Tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). It is garrisoned at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Squadron is made up of Special Tactics Officers, Combat Controllers, Combat Rescue Officers, Pararescuemen, Special Operations Weather Technicians, Air Liaison Officers, Tactical Air Control Party operators, and a number of combat support airmen which comprise 58 Air Force specialties. Special Tactics Squadrons are organized, trained and equipped specifically for various special operations missions facilitating air operations on the battlefield. They conduct combat search and rescue missions, collect intelligence, as well as call in close air support or airstrikes against enemy combatants and are often parterned with other U.S. special operations forces overseas.[