Lineage. Constituted as 17 Medical Group on 8 May 1952. Activated on 10 May 1952. Redesignated as 17 Tactical Hospital on 8 Mar 1954; 17 Tactical Infirmary on 18 Jun 1955; 17 Tactical Hospital on 17 Aug 1956. Inactivated on 25 Jun 1958. Redesignated as 17 Medical Squadron, and activated, on 1 Jul