Nullum vestigium perit

The motto on the patch is Latin, and it means roughly this: no trace is lost.

It is a squadron promise, not a threat. Every approach you fly leaves a trace, including the ninth night pass with a crosswind that ended in a bolter. Every hour spent learning a cold start leaves one. Every debrief where you admit you chased the ball leaves one. None of it is wasted and none of it disappears.

That is why this log exists, why Field Notes show their sources and why the flag hangs where the desk is. Wingdogs keeps the traces. Nullum vestigium perit.