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  • 355 Operations Group (ACC)

    Lineage.  Established as 355 Operations Group, and activated, on 1 May 1992.Assignments.  355 Wing (later, 355 Fighter Wing; 355 Wing), 1 May 1992-.Operational Components.  Squadrons:  41 Electronic Combat: 1 May 1992-1 Oct 2002.  42 Airborne Command and Control:  1 Jul 1994-30 Sep 2002.  43

  • 417 Test and Evaluations Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 417 Night Fighter Squadron on 17 Feb 1943.  Activated on 20 Feb 1943.  Inactivated on 9 Nov 1946.  Redesignated as 417 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 Nov 1952.  Activated on 1 Jan 1953.  Redesignated as 417 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958.  Inactivated on 30 Apr

  • 563 Rescue Group (AFSOC)

    Lineage.    Constituted as 3 Emergency Rescue Squadron on 14 Feb 1944.  Activated on 15 Feb 1944.  Redesignated as:  3 Rescue Squadron on 28 Jan 1948; 3 Air Rescue Squadron on 10 Aug 1950; 3 Air Rescue Group on 14 Nov 1952.  Inactivated on 18 Jun 1957.  Redesignated as 3 Aerospace Rescue and

  • 55 Wing (ACC)

    Lineage.    Established as 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 29 Jun 1948.  Activated on 19 Jul 1948. Inactivated on 14 Oct 1949.  Redesignated as 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Medium, on 27 Oct 1950.  Activated on 1 Nov 1950.  Redesignated as:  55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 16 Aug 1966;

  • 4 Combat Training Squadron (USAFE)

    Lineage.   Constituted as United States Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations School on 8 Feb 1988.  Activated 22 Feb 1988.  Redesignated as: 617 Air Ground Operations School on 1 Oct 1994; 32 Air Ground Operations School on 1 Aug 1996; United States Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations

  • 7 Reconnaissance Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Organized as 7 Aero Squadron on 29 Mar 1917.  Redesignated as: 7 Squadron on 14 Mar 1921; 7 Observation Squadron on 25 Jan 1925; 7 Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Sep 1937; 7 Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium Range) on 6 Dec 1939; 7 Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940; 397 Bombardment

  • 5 Reconnaissance Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage.  Organized as 5 Aero Squadron on 5 May 1917. Redesignated as Squadron A, Souther Field, GA, on 15 Jul 1918. Demobilized on 11 Nov 1918. Reconstituted, and consolidated (1924) with 5 Aero Squadron, which was organized on 24 Oct 1919.  Redesignated as: 5 Squadron (Observation) on 14 Mar 1921;

  • 9 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 39 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Mar 1944.  Activated on 1 Apr 1944.  Inactivated on 18 Oct 1948.  Redesignated as 39 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 20 Dec 1950.  Activated on 2 Jan 1951.  Redesignated as 39 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 16 Jun 1952. 

  • Air Force Global Strike Command (USAF)

    Lineage.  Established as Continental Air Forces on 13 Dec 1944.  Activated on 15 Dec 1944.  Redesignated Strategic Air Command on 21 Mar 1946.  Inactivated on 1 Jun 1992.  Redesignated as Air Force Global Strike Command, and activated, on 7 Aug 2009.Assignments.  Army Air Forces, 15 Dec 1944; United

  • 4 Space Warning Squadron (AFRC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 4 Space Communications Squadron on 1 May 1992.  Activated on 15 May 1992.  Redesignated as 4 Space Warning Squadron on 1 Oct 1992.  Inactivated on 1 Mar 1996.  Activated on 3 Aug 2019.Assignments.  21 Operations Group, 15 May 1992–1 Mar 1996.  710 Operations Group, 3 Aug