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Bravery without forethought causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain. -- Ts`ao Kung |
550th Special Operations Squadron(200 total words in this text)(1830 Reads)  Designated 1550th Flying Training Squadron, and activated, on 1 Apr 1971. Redesignated: 550th Flying Training Squadron on 1 Oct 1991; 550th Special Operations Squadron on 1 Apr 1994. Assignments 1550th Aircrew Training and Test (later, 1550th Combat Crew Training) Wing, 1 Apr 1971; 542d Operations Group, 1 Oct 1991; 58th Operations Group, 1 Apr 1994?. Stations Hill AFB, UT, 1 Apr 1971; Kirtland AFB, NM, 15 Mar 1976?. Aircraft TH?1, 1971?1987; UH?1, 1971?1987; HH?43, 1973?1975; HC?130, 1987?. Operations Developed, conducted, and monitored helicopter flying training, 1971?1987, in addition to search and rescue missions, 1976?1987. Special operations training, 1987?. Honors Service Streamers. None. Campaign Streamers. None. Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None. Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Apr 1974?31 Mar 1976; 1 Apr 1976?31 Mar 1978; 1 Jul 1985?30 Jun 1987; 1 Jul 1987?30 Jan 1989. Emblem On a Blue disc, in front of a Zia Indian sun, sign in proper colors a Gray wolf detailed Black with a Yellow eye; all within a narrow Yellow border. Approved on 22 May 1984 (DFSC 84?11025); modified on 25 Nov 1987 (DFSC 88?02471). |
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1862:
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. |
