Lineage. Constituted as Materiel Squadron, 50 Air Base Group on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 2 Dec 1940. Redesignated as: 65 Materiel Squadron on 17 Jan 1941; 65 Service Squadron on 14 Jul 1942; 65 Air Service Squadron on 15 Jul 1944; 65 Air Engineering Squadron on 1 Jun 1945. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1948. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted and redesignated as 65 Air Base Squadron on 27 Mar 2019. Activated on 13 Jun 2019.
Assignments. 50 Air Base (later, 50 Service) Group, 2 Dec 1940; 6 Service Group, 1 Jan 1943; 29 Air Service Group, 11 Sep 1945-20 Aug 1948. 65 Air Base Group, 13 Jun 2019-.
Stations. Maxwell Field, AL, 2 Dec 1940; Baton Rouge, LA, 15 Aug 1941; Tucson, AZ, 18 Dec 1941-16 Jan 1942; Noumea, New Caledonia, 12 Mar 1942; Guadalcanal, 29 Dec 1943; Stirling, Solomon Islands, 15 Jan 1944; Sansapor, New Guinea, 24 Aug 1944; Lingayen, Luzon, 15 Jan 1945; Mindoro Island, 10 Mar 1945; Zamboanga, Mindanao, 4 May 1945; Puerto Princesa, (Palawan), Luzon, 13 Nov 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, 26 Dec 1945; Florida Blanca, Luzon, 29 May 1946; Nagoya AAB, Japan, 2 Dec 1946; Yokota AAB, Japan, 15 Jan 1947-20 Aug 1948. Lajes Field, Azores, 13 Jun 2019-.
Service Streamers. World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Northern Solomons; New Guinea; Luzon; Southern Philippines.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citations: 7 Dec 1941-10 May 1942; 17 Oct 1944-4 Jul 1945.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 26 Apr 2021.
Emblem. None.
Prepared by James Musser.
Reviewed by Margaret Ream.