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  • 16 Airborne Command and Control Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 380 Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 11 Feb 1943.  Activated on 1 Mar 1943.  Redesignated as: 380 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 160 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 Aug 1944; 160 Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic, (Jet Propelled), on 29 Jul

  • 16 Operations Group (AFSOC)

    Lineage. Established as 1 Special Operations Group on 21 Sep 1992. Activated on 22 Sep 1992. Resdesignated 16 Operations Group on 1 Oct 1993. Assignments. 1 Special Operations (later, 16 Special Operations) Wing, 22 Sep 1992-. Components. Squadrons: 4 Special Operations: 1 May 1995-. 6 Special

  • 16 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)

    Lineage.   16 Ferrying Squadron (constituted as 16 Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942; activated on 16 Apr 1942; redesignated as 16 Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943; disbanded on 1 Apr 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 16 Combat Cargo Squadron

  • 16 Special Operations Wing

    Lineage. Authorized on the inactive list as 16 Pursuit Group on 24 Mar 1923. Activated on 1 Dec 1932. Redesignated: 16 Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 6 Dec 1939; 16 Fighter Group on 15 May 1942. Disestablished on 1 Nov 1943. Reestablished and consolidated (1 Oct 1993) with the 1 Special Operations

  • 16 Training Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Designated and activated as 3416 Technical Training Squadron on 1 Apr 1972. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1993. Redesignated as 16 Training Squadron on 20 Oct 2009. Activated on 23 Oct 2009.Assignments. 3415 Technical Training School, 1 Apr 1972; USAF School of Applied Sciences, 1 Aug 1972; 3460

  • 16 Weapons Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Constituted 16 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 16 Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 12 Mar 1941; 16 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942; 16 Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 Jun 1942; 16 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20

  • 17 Airlift Squadron

    Lineage. Constituted 17th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942. Activated on 27 Apr 1942. Redesignated 17th Transport Squadron on 19 Mar 1943. Disbanded on 31 Oct 1943. Reconstituted, and redesignated 17th Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 22 Mar 1954. Activated on 18 Jul 1954. Redesignated:

  • 17 Attack Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage.   Constituted as 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 14 Jul 1942.  Activated on 23 Jul 1942.  Redesignated as:  17 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943; 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943.  Inactivated on 19 Apr 1946.  Redesignated as 17 Tactical

  • 17 Expeditionary Space Control Squadron (AFSPC)

    Lineage. Constituted as 17 Surveillance Squadron, and activated, on 1 Nov 1966. Organized on 1 Jan 1967. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969. Redesignated as 17 Radar Squadron on 20 May 1971. Activated on 1 Sep 1971. Inactivated on 31 May 1976. Redesignated as 17 Surveillance Squadron on 28 Dec 1981.

  • 17 Special Operations Squadron

    Lineage. 17 Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) (constituted as 17 Observation Squadron [Light] on 5 Feb 1942; activated on 2 Mar 1942; redesignated as: 17 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 17 Reconnaissance Squadron [Bombardment] on 2 Apr 1943; inactivated on 27 Apr 1946) consolidated (19 Sep