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  • 576 Flight Test Squadron (AFSPC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 576 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 Jan 1943.  Activated on 26 Jan 1943.  Redesignated as 576 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943.  Inactivatedon 13 Sep 1945.  Redesignated as 576 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 5 Sep 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 24 Sep

  • 911 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage.  Organized as 16 Aero Squadron, c. 15 May 1917.  Redesignated as 21 Aero Squadron on 13 Jun 1917.  Demobilized on 14 Apr 1919.  Reconstituted, and redesignated as 21 Observation Squadron, on 24 Mar 1923.  Disbanded on 1 Oct 1933.  Reconstituted, and consolidated (2 Dec 1936) with 21

  • United States Air Forces Southern Command

    The first air units arrived in the Canal Zone in February 1917. By 1940, a rapid increase in the number of units warranted a new organization, and the Panama Canal Air Force was created as a major command. When the command inactivated in 1976, most of its functions and resources passed to the

  • KENNEDY, RONALD FREDERIC Papers. 1939-1961

    1.25 cu ftCall No. 168.7097IRIS Nos. 1027007-1027027Colonel. USAFR, 1933-1970. Born in Spokane, WA. BA, Stanford U, 1933. Command and General Staff School, 1942. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, June 1933; entered extended active duty, USAAF, August 1941; entered reserve status,

  • 325 Weapons Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Constituted 325 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Redesignated 325 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 29 Sep 1944. Inactivated on 28 Feb 1946. Redesignated 325 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 15 Jul 1946. Activated on 4 Aug 1946. Redesignated: 325

  • 1 Space Control Squadron (AFSPC)

    Lineage. Constituted 1 Command and Control Squadron on 30 Nov 1989. Activated on 1 Dec 1989. Redesignated 1 Space Control Squadron on 1 Oct 2001.Assignments. 1 Space Wing, 1 Dec 1989; 73 Space Surveillance (later, 73 Space) Group, 28 Feb 1992; 721 Space Group, 24 Jun 1994; 21 Operations Group, 26

  • 10 Airlift Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage. Constituted 10 Transport Squadron on 1 Jan 1938. Activated on 1 Dec 1940. Redesignated 10 Troop Carrier Squadron on 5 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1945. Activated on 30 Sep 1946. Redesignated: 10 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 1 Jul 1948; 10 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy on 5 Nov

  • 4 Airlift Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage. Constituted 4 Provisional Transport Squadron on 1 Mar 1935. Redesignated 4 Transport Squadron on 25 Jun 1935. Activated on 8 Jul 1935. Redesignated 4 Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 13 Dec 1945. Activated on 7 Sep 1946. Redesignated: 4 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on

  • 78 Fighter Squadron

    Lineage. Organized as 78th Aero Squadron on 28 Feb 1918. Redesignated Squadron A, Taliaferro Field, TX, on 23 Jul 1918. Demobilized on 15 Nov 1918. Reconstituted, and consolidated (25 Apr 1933) with 78th Observation Squadron, which was constituted on 18 Oct 1927. Redesignated 78th Pursuit Squadron

  • 72 Helicopter Squadron

    Lineage. Constituted 72d Liaison Squadron on 2 Apr 1943. Activated on 11 Apr 1943. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Activated on 3 Oct 1946. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949. Redesignated 72d Helicopter Flight, and activated, on 1 Nov 1991. Redesignated 72d Helicopter Squadron on 1 Oct 1992. Assignments. 26th