Noun

2. The unseen area each side of a stage.
3. The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."