New/old US aircraft insignia?

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100450.3563@compuserve.com - 01 Mar 2006 16:38 GMT

Look at the following pictures of the ScanEagle UAV used by the USMC:

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/scaneagle.jpg

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/200571552630/$file/050714-M-917
6H-003low.jpg

http://governmentvideo.com/articles/uploads/feature_006.jpg

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/122986/2111960/2120259/2120936/050615_Di_Sca
nEagle_ex.jpg

It seems the national insigina have been reverted back to the pre 1947
style without the center stripe. Any comments, insights, speculations
or ideas on this apparent change?

Martin

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Al Superczynski - 01 Mar 2006 20:33 GMT

>Look at the following pictures of the ScanEagle UAV used by the USMC:
>
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>style without the center stripe. Any comments, insights, speculations
>or ideas on this apparent change?

It's non-standard, for whatever reason...

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eyeball - 02 Mar 2006 00:42 GMT

I would swear that in
http://governmentvideo.com/articles/uploads/feature_006.jpg
there is a lighter shade of grey where the red bar would be.

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New/old US aircraft insignia?