Football team to wear AF symbol to honor Airmen Published Aug. 28, 2008 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) -- The Air Force Academy football team is honoring the men and women of the Air Force by wearing the Air Force symbol on its uniform this season. The U.S. Air Force symbol honors the heritage of the past and represents the promise of the future. It retains the core elements of the Air Corps heritage -- the "Arnold" wings and star with circle -- and modernizes them to reflect the air and space force of today and tomorrow. "The 2008 Falcons are wearing the Air Force symbol because they line up as the Air Force's team," said Maj. Anthony Roberson, a current football staff member and a 1989 graduate of the Academy who was a three-year football letterman. "They know that they represent more than themselves on Saturday afternoons and they do it with the pride, honor, sportsmanship, dignity and winning spirit that spell Air Force Falcon and Air Force Airman." In addition, the team will also honor 10 of the Air Force's Heritage Wings and Groups by wearing patches on their home uniforms; and six Air and Space Expeditionary Wings by wearing patches on their away uniforms for the second straight year. Comment on this story (comments may be published on Air Force Link) View the comments/letters page