Identification Badges, U.S. Air Force, Air Staff

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley
approved the design and development of the badge in September 2006.
The predominant colors of the badge are ultramarine blue and gold, the colors of the Air Force through transition from the Army Air Corps. At the center of the badge is an American bald eagle, a symbol of the United States and air power. The eagle is holding an olive branch and a bundle of 13 arrows, denoting the power of peace and war -- the heart of the Air Force mission. The Air Force shield is at the core of the eagle. 

A wreath, an ancient symbol of victory, encircles the badge and meets the old Army Air Corps symbol. The eagle holds a streamer with the Latin motto "E pluribus unum" that means "Out of many, one" and represents the original 13 colonies forming into one nation.