Emblem approved for the 1401st Air Base Wing (later the 1001st Composite Wing) on 22 April 1955. Used without official approval by the 1st Composite Wing (later the 1st Air Base Wing) from 1969 to 1976.
United States Army Institute of Heraldry
1955
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330257/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-047.pdf">Air Force Combat Wings</a>, page 1 (official United States Air Force publication)