A silver color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of an orange tri-blade aeropropellor with one blade up, and issuing from its hub, three silver arrowheads, one between each blade, on a dark blue area that is enclosed above by a silver arched nebuly, passing behind the vertical blade across the top and conjoining the upper terminals of a light blue V-shaped scroll passing over the blades and inscribed on the left BLADES and on the right OF FORCE in silver.
Ultramarine blue and golden orange are the colors used for Aviation. The propeller and nebuly are symbolic of aircraft. They along with the arrowheads represent military preparedness and leadership and are indicative of the overall mission and capabilities of the unit. The scroll, in the form of a Roman numeral V, refers to the US Fifth Army area, the historical home area of the unit.
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 13 March 1981.
Note: This Battalion was not authorized a coat of arms.