Tail Flash Creation Package

Name: Tail Flash Creation Package
Brand: Squadron Posters
SKU: tailflashcreation
Price: 50.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$50.00

Squadron Posters will create Tail Flash’s for use in Personalized art such as our “Plane White” and “Jet Black” Side Profile art. Once completed, the created vector Tail Flash will be uploaded into our Tail Flash database for personalized art. Expect 2-3 weeks total time to be available.

How it works:

Fill out the Tail Flash labeling information (below), this will help you and others find the Tail Flash when searching our patch database.
Upload your Tail Flash image below (below), an artist will create the image in a high resolution vector image.
Add the item to your cart and checkout.
You will receive digital proof via email (our goal is proof within several days to a week depending on workload).
Once approved, we will upload the high resolution vector image for use in our personalized art seen here:

Personalized “Plane White” Art – Personalized “Jet Black” Side Profile Art

SKU: tailflashcreation Categories: CG, Patches, Personalized - Custom Artwork Tags: artwork, Aviation Art, aviation artwork, aviation artworks, aviation patches, commissioned artwork, Military, modified art, Modified artwork, patches

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Tail Flash Creation Package (For personalized art only) by Squadron Posters!

Tail Flash (also known as Tail codes) are markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help identify the aircraft’s unit and/or base assignment. This is not the same as the serial number, bureau number, or aircraft registration which provide unique aircraft identification. Since 1993, the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard, except Air Mobility Command aircraft, utilize this format in all tail codes: two large letters, followed by two digits printed in a smaller text size, followed by three more digits printed in a larger text size.

The first two letters identify the home base, or in some organizations, a historic legacy, such as “FF” (“First Fighter”) for the 1st Fighter Wing or “WP” (“Wolf Pack”) for the 8th Fighter Wing. ANG units usually use the two-letter state/territorial USPS mailing abbreviation as a tail code, though there are exceptions, such as the 110th Airlift Wing using “BC” (“Battle Creek”) instead of the “MI” used for other Michigan Air National Guard units. The small digits indicate the fiscal year (FY) the aircraft was ordered. The large digits are the last three digits of the aircraft’s serial number.

All aircraft assigned to a unit, or in the case of ANG units, the entire state, use a common code. Typically, units of different commands co-located at the same base use different codes. For example, the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB uses “WM” while the 442nd Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve at the same base uses “KC.” Check out this amazing Tail Flash Creation Package by Squadron Posters! (Create Personalized art they way you love it)

Squadron Posters offers the world’s largest collection of Squadron Specific Art! Check out our stunning vintage style military aviation themed travel posters, honoring All Branches of Service. Our artwork not only represents aircraft, armored cavalry, or ships, it represents adventure and travel. This means we create posters featuring the Space Needle, New Orleans, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mt Rushmore and the National Mall. Of course, McChord AFB isn’t in Seattle but if you’re stationed there your adventure surely involves the Space Needle! (See our Facebook page HERE)

This is what makes Squadron Posters different–it’s about remembering where you’ve lived and what you’ve seen with a vintage themed travel poster. – Collect your travels and tell your story!