U.S. Air Force Heraldry
Official Emblem of the 366th Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Favors the Bold) |
Significance
The wedge, symbolic of the victorious wedge battle formation, is depicted against a background of blue to represent operations in the sky. The escutcheon, the small inner shield, commemorates the Distinguished Unit Citation and the campaign credits the 366th Fighter Group and its squadrons earned during World War II. The flight symbols represent aircraft and indicate worldwide deployment capability and a lightning punch. The emblem bears the Air Force colors, ultramarine blue and Air Force Yellow, and the national colors red, white, and blue. Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Favors the Bold)
Heraldic Description
Gules, a pile Azure fimbriated Or between in base four flight symbols ascendant palewise two in dexter and two in sinister, one over one Argent, and bearing in honor point an escutcheon Vert charged with a fleur-de-lis between six crosses, three in dexter and three in sinister, all Or, within a bordure of the like and all within a diminished bordure of the last. Approved on 3 Aug 1965 (K&KE 17325); replaced emblem approved on 6 Oct 1954 (151490 A.C.). Motto: AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT—Fortune favors the bold. Approved on 6 Oct 1954.
The wedge, symbolic of the victorious wedge battle formation, is depicted against a background of blue to represent operations in the sky. The escutcheon, the small inner shield, commemorates the Distinguished Unit Citation and the campaign credits the 366th Fighter Group and its squadrons earned during World War II. The flight symbols represent aircraft and indicate worldwide deployment capability and a lightning punch. The emblem bears the Air Force colors, ultramarine blue and Air Force Yellow, and the national colors red, white, and blue. Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Favors the Bold)
Heraldic Description
Gules, a pile Azure fimbriated Or between in base four flight symbols ascendant palewise two in dexter and two in sinister, one over one Argent, and bearing in honor point an escutcheon Vert charged with a fleur-de-lis between six crosses, three in dexter and three in sinister, all Or, within a bordure of the like and all within a diminished bordure of the last. Approved on 3 Aug 1965 (K&KE 17325); replaced emblem approved on 6 Oct 1954 (151490 A.C.). Motto: AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT—Fortune favors the bold. Approved on 6 Oct 1954.
Text source for the above: The 366 Wing History Office ; Air Force Historical Research Agency
Background on the 366th motto "audentes fortuna juvat"
Have you ever wondered how to pronounce audentes fortuna juvat, where the motto comes from, or what it means? You are not alone so… a little history:
The official motto of the 366th "audentes fortuna juvat" – translates to fortune favors the bold. The phrase means that Fortuna, the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion, is more likely to help those who take risks or action.
The official motto of the 366th "audentes fortuna juvat" – translates to fortune favors the bold. The phrase means that Fortuna, the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion, is more likely to help those who take risks or action.
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as heard in the on line version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary |
Originally, Latin used only the letter V and the letter I It was in the Middle Ages that the Letter V split up into the letters U and V, and the letter I split up into the letters I and J. Also, the Romans had only capital letters. You can see them in their most developed form on Trajan's column in Rome, which was a brag sheet about his accomplishments in life. Lower case letters developed in the middle-ages. Alcuin of York, one of Charlemagne's scribes, developed them in what is essentially their modern form.
So the original way of writing the word would be "IUVAT," with "iuvat" and "juvat" being medieval ways of writing this word.
So the original way of writing the word would be "IUVAT," with "iuvat" and "juvat" being medieval ways of writing this word.