Defender: An Illustrated Guide to United States Air Force Air Police, Security Police, and Security Forces Patch Insignia

By combining over 500 images of patches collected over the course of ten years with mottos, motto translations, and base assignments, Defender: An Illustrated Guide to United States Air Force Air Police, Security Police, and Security Forces Patch Insignia chronicles the evolution of the United States Air Force police career field and the individual police units themselves. From the creation of the Air Force as its own branch of service in 1947, Defender simultaneously resurrects forgotten bases from far-flung corners of the globe while visually travelling from the era of Air Police, through Combat Defense Squadrons, then Security Police, and into the realm of today’s Security Forces.