Editing Royal Australian Air Force (section)

==Roundel and badge==
Originally, the air force used the red, white and blue roundel of the RAF. However, during the Second World War the inner red circle, which was visually similar to the Japanese ''[[Flag of Japan|hinomaru]]'', was removed after a [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No. 11 Squadron]] Catalina was mistaken for a Japanese aircraft and attacked by a [[Grumman F4F Wildcat|Grumman Wildcat]] of [[VMFA-212|VMF-212]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]] on 27 June 1942.<ref name="roundel">{{cite web|date=3 November 2017|title=Air Force Roundel|url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/your-air-force/roundel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165840/https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/your-air-force/roundel|archive-date=23 June 2018|access-date=23 June 2018|work=About the RAAF|publisher=Royal Australian Air Force}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman Jersey|first=Stanley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PahbHutdCNkC&q=wildcat+catalina+guadalcanal+hell&pg=PA100|title=Hell's Islands:The Untold Story of Guadalcanal|date=6 December 2007|publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=9781585446162|access-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165847/https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=PahbHutdCNkC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=wildcat+catalina+guadalcanal+hell&source=bl&ots=dOoTL-FeJZ&sig=UPo9ZoAVX4lZ_DvNmLQ_U5R87oI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis0La0--nbAhXDFJQKHalCCDYQ6AEIXjAJ#v=onepage&q=wildcat%20catalina%20guadalcanal%20hell&f=false|archive-date=23 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After the war, a range of options for the RAAF roundel was proposed, including the [[Southern Cross]], a [[boomerang]], a sprig of [[Acacia sensu lato|wattle]], and a [[red kangaroo]]. On 2 July 1956, the current version of the roundel was formally adopted. This consists of a white inner circle with a red kangaroo surrounded by a royal blue circle. The kangaroo faces left, except when used on aircraft or vehicles, when the kangaroo should always face forward.<ref name="roundel" /> Low visibility versions of the roundel exist, with the white omitted and the red and blue replaced with light or dark grey.<ref>{{cite web|author=Austin, Steven|title=Picture of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet aircraft|url=http://www.airliners.net/photo/Australia---Air/McDonnell-Douglas-F-A-18A/2406497/L/&sid=8e33aaf09329803b1ab7f1a88bed01f2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011075503/http://www.airliners.net/photo/Australia---Air/McDonnell-Douglas-F-A-18A/2406497/L/%26sid%3D8e33aaf09329803b1ab7f1a88bed01f2|archive-date=11 October 2014|access-date=7 October 2014|publisher=Airliners.net}}</ref>

The RAAF badge was accepted by the [[Chester Herald]] in 1939. The badge is composed of the [[St Edward's Crown]] mounted on a circle featuring the words Royal Australian Air Force, beneath which scroll work displays the Latin motto ''[[Per Ardua Ad Astra]]'', which it shares with the Royal Air Force. Surmounting the badge is a [[wedge-tailed eagle]]. ''Per Ardua Ad Astra'' is attributed with the meaning "Through Adversity to the Stars" and is from [[H. Rider Haggard|Sir Henry Rider Haggard's]] novel ''[[The People of the Mist]]''.<ref name="badge">{{cite web|title=Royal Australian Air Force Badge|url=http://www.raaf.gov.au/aboutus/badge.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701102743/http://www.raaf.gov.au/AboutUs/badge.aspx|archive-date=1 July 2010|access-date=25 February 2010|publisher=[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Australian Department of Defence]]}}</ref>