01-0186 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III USAF AMC 436thAW 512thAW PIK EGPK 2021.11.04 DOVER AFB Tailflash NOTE:the Bald eagle and the crackedLibertyBell . ⁴

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01-0186 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III USAF AMC 436thAW 512thAW PIK EGPK 2021.11.04 DOVER AFB Tailflash NOTE:the Bald eagle and the crackedLibertyBell . ⁴
01-0186 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III USAF AMC 436thAW 512thAW PIK EGPK 2021.11.04 DOVER AFB Tailflash NOTE:the Bald eagle and the crackedLibertyBell . ⁴

1 Dover Air Force Base's aircraft inventory has received a new tail flash, a design painted on the tails of aircraft to represents a plane's origin and the units that fly them. Dover AFB's tail flash design is based on wing and state logos and colors. The eagle's head represents the 436th Airlift Wing, also known as the Eagle Wing; and the Liberty Bell represents the 512th AW, also known as the Liberty Wing; the colonial blue represents the background color of the Delaware state flag; and the diamond represents the first state.


2 The Liberty Bell pre-dates the Revolution. The Pennsylvania Assembly had the Liberty Bell made in 1751 to mark the 50-year anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of Privileges, which served as Pennsylvania's original Constitution.

The following Bible verse is on the Bell: “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Also included is information about the Pennsylvania Assembly and the Bell’s maker.

No one knows today when the Bell was cracked. The crack is a big subject of debate among historians. One theory is the Bell got its first crack in 1752 when it was tested upon its arrival in Philadelphia.

The last big crack happened on Washington’s Birthday. The Liberty Bell cracked up, literally, in February 1846, when it was rung on President’s Day, celebrated on Washington’s birthday, and then stopped ringing because of damage from the major crack.

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