Winter 2006–2007

Back Cover / Classified Flight Test Patch

Tastes like chicken

Presented with Trevor Paglen

Patch from the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing commemorating a secret flight test of a B-2 “Spirit” stealth bomber. For a reading of the iconography in this patch, see Trevor Paglen’s article here. Replica of secret patch from 509th Bomb Wing is available for purchase here.

Trevor Paglen is an artist and geographer based in Berkeley, California. His work can be seen at paglen.studio.

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