Lineage. Constituted as 36 Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 18 Sep 1960. [Activated and] organized on 18 Jun 1961. Redesignated as: 36 Air Recovery Squadron on 1 Jul 1965; 36 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 Jan 1966.