Posted on 11/03/2010 3:02:06 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Google supplied satellite photos recently revealed something the American military uses to help morale, but that they would rather keep secret. In this case it was a Batman style bat symbol painted on the roof of a hanger in a U.S. airbase (Kadena Air Force Base in Japan). There are actually a lot of these roof paintings, usually representing the squadron (the Batman symbol was for a fighter squadron known as the vampire bats.) Now that the pictures of this custom has gone viral, many more people will check Google Earth pictures of military bases, and publicize what they find. Some commanders, as they are wont to do, will order symbols painted over. But wiser minds will tend to let them stay
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Holy Chiroptera!
What about the ones with “See Rock City”
painted on their roofs?
Bomber Squadrons?
LOL
Anyone know what unit this symbol belongs to?
http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=45.426927,4.39149&z=20
Stuckey’s Praline Patrol?
Also, here is a Sopwith Camel squadron in New York City.
http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.704205,-74.008145&z=20
OMG! LOL
The bat is the symbol of the 44 squadron at Kadena
Navy Seals? aka “If You See Us, You are so F*cked”.
A Super Secret college fraternity symbol?
Holy guano, Batman!
We had a stencil of the “shadow” when I was there in 1965-1966. He showed up in the oddest places. :0)
At Camp Holloway in Pleiku, Vietnam; the maintenance hanger had a very large target painted on the roof. The target served as a stick in the eye for the VC/NVA who frequently launched rockets at the airfield. As far as I know, they never hit the hanger.
The old Soviet had some intersting 'signs' for our spysats......
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