Lineage

Constituted 67th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 18 Mar 1960. Activated on 10 May 1961. Organized on 18 Jun 1961. Redesignated: 67th Air Recovery Squadron on 1 Aug 1965; 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 Jan 1966; 67th Special Operations Squadron on 1 Jun 1988.

Assignments

9th Air Rescue Group, 14 Nov 1952 (attached to Third Air Force, 15 Nov 1953?24 Jun 1958); Air Rescue Service, 24 Jun 1958?18 Mar 1960. Military Air Transport Service, 10 May 1961; Air Rescue (later, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery) Service, 18 Jun 1961; Atlantic Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center (later, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing), 8 Apr 1967; 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery (later, 39th Special Operations) Wing, 17 May 1973 (under operational control of the JCS, 12?27 Jun 1976; attached to Joint Special Operations Task Force: 13 Jan?18 Mar 1991, 6 Apr?10 Jun 1991); 352d Special Operations Group, 1 Dec 1992? (attached to Joint Special Operations Task Force, 2 Mar?12 Jul 1993).

Stations

Sculthorpe RAF Station, England, 14 Nov 1952; Prestwick, Scotland, 7 Nov 1953?18 Mar 1960. Prestwick, Scotland, 18 Jun 1961; Moron AB, Spain, 1 Jul 1966; RAF Woodbridge, England, 15 Jan 1970 (deployed at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 13?27 Jun 1976; Incirlik AB, Turkey, 13 Jan?18 Mar 1991 and 6 Apr?10 Jun 1991); RAF Alconbury, England, 1 Apr 1992? (deployed at Brindisi AB, Italy and Incirlik AB, Turkey, 2 Mar?12 Jul 1993).

Aircraft

SB?29, 1952?1956; C?82, 1952?1953; C?47, 1953?1955; SC?54, 1955?1958; SH?19, 1955?1960; SA?16, 1957?1960. SC?54, 1962; HC?54, 1962?1965, 1966; C?54, 1962?1965; SA?16, 1962; HU?16, 1962?1963; SH?19, 1962; HH?19, 1962?1964; HC?130, 1965?; HH?43, 1966?1969, 1970, 1971?1972; HH?3, 1969?1971; HH?53, 1971?1988.

Operations

Rescue and recovery operations in the European area, including spacecraft recovery in the Atlantic, Oct 1952?Mar 1960 and May 1961?Jun 1988. Supported special operations forces conducting NATO operations over Northern Iraq, 1991 and 1993.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 14 Jan?23 Mar 1991. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1965?30 Jun 1967; 8 Feb 1969?30 Apr 1970; 1 May 1971?30 Apr 1972; 1 Jul 1972?30 Jun 1974; 1 Jul 1976?30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1978?30 Jun 1980; 1 Jun 1985?31 May 1987; 24 Mar 1991?31 Jul 1992; 1 Aug 1992?31 Jul 1993. Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation: 1 Jul 1967?26 Jul 1969.

Emblem

Azure, two mullets of four points in chief bendwise, the sinister diminished by half between in dexter a decresent Or and surmounted in base by a demi-owl issuant from base Gold Brown garnished Gold, all within a diminished bordure of the second. MOTTO: NIGHT OWLS. Approved on 16 Jun 1994 (DFSC 94?02307); replaced emblem approved on 15 Aug 1985.