302 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AFRC)

Lineage.  Constituted as 302 Materiel Squadron (Special) on 6 Aug 1941. Activated on 15 Aug 1941.  Redesignated as:  302 Services Squadron on 13 Jun 1942; 302 Air Service Squadron on 7 Nov 1944.  Disbanded on 25 Apr 1945.  Reconstituted, and redesignated as 302 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on 4 Sep 2002.  Activated in the Reserve on 1 Oct 2002.

Assignments.  87 Air Base (later, 87 Service) Group, 15 Aug 1941; IV Air Service Area Command, 16 Oct 1942; Ogden Air Depot Control Area Command, 1 Feb 1943; Air Service Command, 20 Apr 1943; VIII Air Support Command, 30 Jul 1943; IX Air Force Service Command, 31 Dec 1943; 78 Service (later, 78 Air Service) Group, 11 Jan 1944-25 Apr 1945.  302 Maintenance Group, 1 Oct 2002-.

Stations.  Bakersfield, CA, 15 Aug 1941; Lemoore, CA, 10 Dec 1941; Casper AAB, WY, 31 Dec 1942; William Northern Field, TN, 21 Apr 1943; Laurel AAF, MS, 10 Jun-8 Jul 1943; Rattlesden, England, 31 Jul 1943; Barkston Heath, England, 15 Jan 1944; Abbeville/Drucat, France, 8 Mar-25 Apr 1945.  Peterson AFB (later, Peterson Space Force Base), CO, 1 Oct 2002-.

Service Streamers.  None. 

Campaign Streamers.  None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards:  1 Sep 2004-31 Aug 2006; 1 Sep 2006-2 Sep 2008; 1 Sep 2009-31 Aug 2011; 1 Jan 2016-31 Dec 2017.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 13 Oct 2022.

Supersedes statement prepared on 21 Nov 2002.

Emblem.  None.  Unit may draft and submit proposal IAW standards set forth in DAFI 84-105, Chap 3. Contact local supporting historian or MAJCOM history office for assistance.

Prepared by Melissa Lahue.

Reviewed by Margaret Ream.