Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – Printed Flag

Choose Your Options

Every Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Printed Flag is made to order, so tell us how you want it built. These are the choices.

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• Mounting: A pole hem is a sewn sleeve along the hoist edge that slides over an indoor or parade pole. A pole hem with fringe adds gold rayon fringe on three edges, the traditional ceremonial finish. Grommets are brass rings set into a canvas header, the standard finish for an outdoor flagpole.
• Single-sided or double-sided: A single-sided flag carries the design on the front only; the back is blank. A double-sided flag shows the design on both sides and is built one of three ways:
  • Double-reverse: one layer of fabric, printed on one side so the dye soaks through and the design shows on the back in reverse. The lightest build.
  • Double-paneled: two panels sewn back to back, so the design reads correctly on both sides. The heaviest build, and it needs the most wind to fly.
  • Single field, double seal: one field with the emblem on the front and a second emblem tacked to the back, so the seal reads correctly from either side without the weight of two panels.
• Printed construction: Acid dye bonds into the nylon fiber, so the color goes deep and stays bright outdoors. Every printed flag is lock stitched, the stronger interlocking stitch, on the seams and header. For appliqué and embroidery instead of print, see the sewn version of this flag.
• Size: 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 5x8 FT, 52x66 IN. For another size, give us the finished width and height you need.

Product Features

• Official Transportation Security Administration design: the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Printed Flag carries the Transportation Security Administration’s official emblem, reproduced to the agency’s design in the mounting and size you order.
• Printed construction: dye-printed on 200 denier nylon and lock stitched, so fine seal detail reproduces exactly and the color holds up in sun and rain.
• Nylon field: lightweight nylon that flies in a light breeze, sheds water and dries quickly.
• Built your way: single-sided or double-sided (double-reverse, double-paneled or single field double seal); pole hem, fringed pole hem or grommets; 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 5x8 FT, 52x66 IN.
• Made in the USA: every TSA flag we sell is made in the USA.
• Matched sets: order one flag or a set for every office, and the mounting and size will be the same on each.

Historical Background

Congress created the Transportation Security Administration in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which President George W. Bush signed on November 19, 2001, two months after the September 11 attacks. The new agency began in the Department of Transportation and took over passenger screening at the nation's airports. It met the law's November 19, 2002 deadline for deploying federal screeners.

TSA moved into the new Department of Homeland Security in March 2003. New officers have trained at the TSA Academy in Glynco, Georgia, since 2016, and the agency's headquarters is in Springfield, Virginia. TSA unveiled its official flag at its September 11 commemoration in 2018.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Flag: Symbolism at a Glance

• Eagle with outstretched wings: Protection, vigilance and commitment.
• Wings breaking through the ring: Freedom of movement, as on the DHS flag.
• Nine stars and eleven points: A reference to September 11, 2001, also used on the Federal Air Marshal Service badge.
• Waves and gray lines: TSA's transportation mission on land, sea and air, moving toward the eagle's protection.
• Solid blue field: The same DHS blue as the Department of Homeland Security flag.