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Logo: Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO)

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Jul 18, 2017
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Logo: Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO)
Logo: Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO)

Title: Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO)

Designer: David Faust/AFRC Graphics

Year the patch was created: 2016

Explanation or back story: As part of the Commercial Supersonic Technology Project, BOSCO produced shock wave images generated by F-15, F-18, and T-38 aircraft using a ground-based imaging system and the sun as a speckled background created by a narrow-band sun filter.