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285TH AVIATION REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
On a Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Azure, a hawk in flight Tenn, a chief Gules pily of six, four issuant from chief and one each from dexter and sinister Or.  Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed "DESERT HAWKS" in Gold letters.

Symbolism
Ultramarine blue and golden orange are the colors traditionally associated with Army Aviation.  The hawk is emblematic of aggressiveness and the reconnaissance skills of Army combat aviators.  The alternating rayed red and yellow chief is adapted from the state flag of Arizona and identifies the unit's home location and theater of operation.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved effective 1 October 1987.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, a hawk in flight Tenn, a chief Gules pily of six, four issuant from chief and one each from dexter and sinister Or.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Arizona Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a giant cactus Proper.

Motto

DESERT HAWKS.

Symbolism

Shield

Ultramarine blue and golden orange are the colors traditionally associated with Army Aviation.  The hawk is emblematic of aggressiveness and the reconnaissance skills of Army combat aviators.  The alternating rayed red and yellow chief is adapted from the state flag of Arizona and identifies the unit's home location and theater of operation.

Crest

The crest is that of the Arizona Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved effective 1 October 1987.





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