This description above was prepared by former squadron commander, Captain Robert Sakamoto, and provided with the digital proof shown at left. The succeeding squadron commander, First Lieutenant Shad L Brown, made some slight alterations to the design. The top-most delta in the formation of three was made to reach into the dark blue strip around the edge of the patch. This dark blue area signifying outerspace, and the members of the squadron reaching for it. The final design used to produce the patches was the one shown above.

The squadron's previous patch featured an F-15 driver - a later variation of which included a top-down view of a Strike Eagle reflected in his helemt visor is shown at right. However there isn't any documented history of the squadron naming itself after the F-15 Strike Eagle. Captain Sakamoto had felt that the patch should no longer include a picture of a retired airframe, and wanted something that was tied a little closer to Air Force heraldry. When the new design was selected to replace the F-15 themed patches, not all members were unified in the decision. Using an actual eagle loosly referenced the older patch, but everything else was a pretty radical change.