<p>Emblem of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/168th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="extiw" title="en:168th Air Refueling Wing">168th Air Refueling Wing</a>, a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wing_emblems_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Wing emblems of the United States Air Force">wing</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>.
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The upper right of the shield consists of a compass rose against a yellow background. The compass rose signifies the global nature of the Wing mission and is set at a 30 degree angle to the east representing the magnetic variation of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> where the Group was first formed. The yellow background represents the midnight sun at our latitude and the day aspect of the air refueling mission. The lower left of the shield depicts a red lightning bolt running from cloud to cloud against a blue background. The red lightning bolt signifies the projection of military power, the clouds are the medium in which we perform our mission, and the blue background the Arctic night and the night aspect of our mission. The red lightning bolt is also a prominent feature of the squadron patch from which the 168th Air Refueling Group/Wing evolved. Between the yellow and blue fields is a bar of ultramarine blue containing eight yellow stars. The ultramarine blue is Air Force blue representing our role in the Total Force; it is also the background color of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Alaska.svg" title="File:Flag of Alaska.svg">Alaska flag</a>. The eight yellow stars are the stars of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper" class="extiw" title="en:Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a> also found on the Alaska flag.
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