"The 41st Air Division was organized, administered, equipped, and trained assigned units in Japan from March 1952 – January 1968,.

"[2] "In addition, its assigned units carried out aerial surveillance and reconnaissance missions and collected, evaluated, produced and disseminated intelligence data.

In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964, the 41st deployed personnel and aircraft to Southeast Asia.

Blazon: Over a shield, divided per bend, azure and gules a cost argent, between a shield of the last ornamented and orled of the second and sable and an arm in armor embowed, gauntleted and brandishing a sword to the sinister all argent; on a chief vert in fess a radio wave pattern argent, the shield and chief edged throughout of the last.

(Approved 30 April 1958) This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency