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title: You can have silver wings
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/you-can-have-silver-wings-1943/
description: 'Army Air Forces recruiting poster aimed at 17-year-olds: a stylised illustration of winged ''AC'' (Air Corps) badges receding diagonally against a blue sky.'
section: Collection
---

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# You can have silver wings

Army Air Forces recruiting poster aimed at 17-year-olds: a stylised illustration of winged 'AC' (Air Corps) badges receding diagonally against a blue sky, over the headline 'You can have silver wings'. The tell is a glittering-generality, 'silver wings' as a symbol of status, with the eligibility terms in plain text beneath.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
YOU can have
SILVER WINGS
If you are 17 and less than 18 you may
be qualified now for membership in the
Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and for future
training as an Aviation Cadet with the
U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES
APPLY AT AVIATION CADET EXAMINING BOARD
OR ANY U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION
Men employed in essential war industries or engaged in agriculture will not be accepted.
Men interested in Naval Aviation Cadet training may obtain information at any Navy Recruiting Station.
This announcement is made with the approval of the Joint Army and Navy Personnel Board.
[signature: FISCHER]
[imprint: P-63-RPB-8-7-43-10M]
```

The printer's line at lower right is very small; its date is read with moderate confidence.

[← Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses! (Centaur poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/work-save-fight-avenge-the-nurses-1943/) [Your Ammunition. Don't Waste It! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/your-ammunition-dont-waste-it-owi-71-1943/)

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