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48th Rescue Squadron(422 total words in this text)(3099 Reads)  Constituted 48th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Redesignated: 48th Air Recovery Squadron on 1 Feb 1965; 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 Jan 1966; 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Training, on 8 Jul 1967. Inactivated on 7 Feb 1969. Redesignated 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 14 Sep 1972. Activated on 15 Sep 1972. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1976. Activated on 1 Oct 1985. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1987. Redesignated 48th Rescue Squadron on 1 Apr 1993. Activated on 1 May 1993. Assignments. 5th Air Rescue Group, 14 Nov 1952; Air Rescue (later, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery) Service, 8 Dec 1956-7 Feb 1969. 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing, 15 Sep 1972; 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Jan-1 Aug 1976. 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing, 1 Oct 1985-31 Dec 1987. 49th Operations Group, 1 May 1993-. Components. Detachments: 1 (Kindley AFB, Bermuda): 18 Jun 1960-18 Jun 1961. 1 (Homestead AFB, FL): 15 May 1974-1 Sep 1975. 2 (Goose AB, Labrador): 18 Jun 1960-18 Jun 1961. 2 (K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI): 15 May 1974-1 Sep 1975. 5 (Edwards AFB, CA): 15 May 1974-1 Aug 1976. 6 (Holloman AFB, NM): 15 May 1974-1 Aug 1976. 14 (MacDill AFB, FL): 15 May 1974-1 Sep 1975. 15 (Myrtle Beach AFB, SC): 15 May 1974-1 Sep 1975. 18 (Plattsburgh AFB, NY): 15 May 1974-1 Sep 1975. 22 (Mountain Home AFB, ID): 15 May 1974-1 Aug 1976. Stations. Maxwell AFB, AL, 14 Nov 1952; Eglin AFB, FL, 10 Jan 1955-7 Feb 1969. Fairchild AFB, WA, 15 Sep 1972-1 Aug 1976. Homestead AFB, FL, 1 Oct 1985-31 Dec 1987. Holloman AFB, NM, 1 May 1993-. Aircraft. SB-29, 1952-1954; C-82, 1952-1953; SA-16 (later, HU-16), 1954-1968; H/SH-19 (later, HH-19), 1954-1963; C/SC-54 (later, C/HC-54), 1956-1965; HH-43, 1963-1965, 1966-1968; HC-130, 1965-1969; HH/CH-3, 1966-1969; HH-53, 1966-1969. UH-1, 1972-1976. UH-1, 1985-1987. HH-60, 1993-. Operations. Search, rescue, and recovery, mostly over water, 1952-1969, 1972-1976, 1985-1987. Supported USAF Survival School, 1972-1976 and 1985-1987. Squadron personnel performed interdiction missions in support of South Florida Drug Interdiction Task Force, 1985-1987. Since Oct 1993, the squadron has flown helicopters for combat rescue, water survival training, and drug interdiction missions. Service Streamers. None. Campaign Streamers. None. Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None. Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 May-7 Jun 1967; [15 Sep] 1972-30 Jun 1974. |
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Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
