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Helicopter Operational Test and Evaluation Facility
Shearwater, Nova Scotia
Approval of a Badge
October 1, 1997
Vol. III, p. 395
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Blazon
Badge
Above a base barry wavy Azure and Argent a helicopter rotor in cross Azure surmounted by a saltire couped Gules charged in the centre with two semi-ellipses contourné one surmounting the other Or;
Motto
SUPERBIA IN PROGRESSIUM;
Symbolism
Badge
The badge is based on the design of 10 Experimental Squadron of the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service from which this unit traces its lineage, thus the Roman numeral “X”. The helicopter blade represents the aircraft the unit operates and tests. The stylized water refers to the Squadron’s location at Shearwater, Nova Scotia.
Motto
Meaning "Pride in progress".