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  • 318 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)

    Lineage. Constituted 318 Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando), and activated, on 1 May 1944. Inactivated on 25 Mar 1946. Redesignated 318 Special Operations Squadron on 21 Oct 1971. Activated on 15 Nov 1971. Inactivated on 1 Jun 1974. Activated on 2 May 2008. Assignments. 3 Air Commando Group, 1 May

  • 14 Weapons Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Constituted 14 Observation Squadron (Light) on 5 Feb 1942. Activated on 2 Mar 1942. Redesignated: 14 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 14 Liaison Squadron on 2 Apr 1943. Inactivated on 25 Mar 1949. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 14 Air Commando Squadron (Fire Support), which was

  • 70 Fighter Squadron

    Lineage. Constituted 70th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 14 Dec 1940. Activated on 1 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 70th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 70th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 70th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 24 May 1944. Inactivated on 26 Dec 1945. Redesignated 70th

  • 48 Force Support Squadron (USAFE)

    Lineage. Constituted 48 Food Service Squadron on 25 Jun 1952. Activated on 10 Jul 1952. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 Jan 1962. Redesignated 48 Services Squadron on 21 Aug 1981. Activated on 1 Oct 1981. Redesignated: 48 Morale, Welfare, Recreation and Services Squadron on 1 Sep 1992; 48

  • Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education (AETC)

    Lineage. Established as College for Enlisted Professional Military Education on 13 Dec 1993. Activated on 15 Dec 1993. Redesignated Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education on 1 Jul 2008. Assignments. Air University 15 Dec 1993-.Stations. Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, AL, 15 Dec 1993-.Service

  • Air Force Space Command (USAF)

    Lineage. Established as Space Command, and activated, on 1 Sep 1982. Redesignated Air Force Space Command on 15 Nov 1985.Assignments. United States Air Force, 1 Sep 1982-. Major Components. Divisions. Space Communications: 1 Oct 1990-1 Oct 1991. 9 Space: 1 Oct 1990-1 Oct 1991.Air Forces. Fourteenth

  • 15 Airlift Wing (PACAF)

    Lineage. Established as 15 Pursuit Group (Fighter) on 22 Nov 1940. Activated on 1 Dec 1940. Redesignated: 15 Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 12 Feb 1942; 15 Fighter Group on 15 May 1942. Inactivated on 15 Oct 1946. Redesignated 15 Fighter Group (Air Defense) on 20 Jun 1955. Activated on 18 Aug 1955.

  • 38 Combat Support Wing (USAFE)

    Lineage. Established as 38 Bombardment Wing, Light on 10 Aug 1948. Activated on 18 Aug 1948. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated: 38 Bombardment Wing, Tactical on 1 Oct 1955; 38 Tactical Missile Wing on 18 Jun 1958. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 Sep 1966.

  • Heraldry Guide Bibliography

    Books Brooke-Little, J.P., ed. Boutell's Heraldry. Revised. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1978, 355 pp. Child, Heather. Heraldic Design. London: G. Bell & Son, 1965, 180 pp. Dennys, Rodney. Heraldry & the Heralds. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982, 1982, 288 pp. Dreyfuss, Henry.

  • Military Airlift Command

    Established as Air Corps Ferrying Command on 29 May 1941.Redesignated: Army Air Forces Ferry Command on 9 March 1942; Army Air Forces Ferrying Command on 31 March 1942; Air Transport Command on 1 July 1942. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 June 1948. Consolidated on 13 May 1982 with Military