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130TH AVIATION BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches 3.18 cm) in width consisting of a silver Talbot with wings; the wing charged with a cross paty per pale of two colors: red to dexter half and green to sinister half.   The device is supported by a tri-segmented blue scroll inscribed "WINGS" "OF" "AGILITY" in silver letters.  The insignia is to be worn in pairs.

Symbolism
The Talbot at point and winged refer to the disciplined readiness for action of the aviation function of this organization.  The cross paty, red and green, in the colors of the City of Rome, allude to the campaigns the Battalion participated in during World War II in Italy.  The scroll of blue for Aviation is suggestive of the nebuly on the coat of arms and represents the sky, the unit's field of operation.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 6 December 1973.  It was rescinded on 15 August 1988.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Vert, a winged Talbot statant on point Argent on a chief of the like two crosses paty per pale Gules and of the first.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Tennessee Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, upon a mount Vert a hickory tree Proper charged with three mullets one and two Argent.

Motto

WINGS OF AGILITY.

Symbolism

Shield

The hunting dog on point stands for the Battalion's disciplined readiness for action; it is winged in reference to the aviation function of the organization.  The cross paty is from the arms of Rome, the capital of Italy, to which the colors red, white and green allude.  The crosses are two in number in reference to the two campaigns in which the Battalion participated in Italy during World War II.  The nebuly partition line, a heraldic representation of clouds, stands for the sky, the unit's field of operation.

Crest

The crest is that of the Tennessee Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 24 October 1966.  It was cancelled on 7 August 1970.





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