"Our squadron is heavily attended by pilots, and many come from Grand Forks Air Force Base and the University of North Dakota School of Aviation. This area of the country is also bountifully blessed with mosquitos, thus the Aviator Mosquito."
"Grand Forks is located along the Red River of the North, represented by the red line seen in the background. Our city is also located on very flat terrain, where there is very little elevation change over many miles. When the Red River flooded in 1997, some parts where as much as 20 miles wide! Therefore, the patch's skyline and horizon are very flat."
Information provided by:
1st Lt Lyn Boese, ND-005
December 2007
Description:
On a shield per fess nebuly abased Azure and Gules, the nebuly fimbriated Argent, the Azure within a fimbriation border of the third; all surmounted by a bison Argent within an azure circle, all within an arrowhead Or bordered Argent; on a bend azure semy by stars Argent sans nombre; the arrowhead between a pair of wings Or tips upward. Attached below the shield, a White scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed "JAMES VALLEY SQUADRON" in letters Yellow, and the unit munber "031" in Red.
Symbolism:
Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force Auxiliary personneL The upper field represents the sky, a field of red, symbolic of danger. Both are protected by golden "Hap Arnold" wings which are symbolic of the aerial supremacy of the Air Force. The Air Force wings, in turn, are in support of a yellow arrowhead, symbol of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services. Within the arrowhead, and supported by the Air Force wings, is a winged buffalo; the buffalo being the symbol of Jamestown, the wings specifying flight; silver to indicate purity, backed by a blue milky way, to symbolize the Air Force origin of the unit's aircraft.
Information provided:
November 6, 2013