1st Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: The 1 Pursuit Squadron (which was constituted as 1 Pursuit Squadron [Single Engine], activated on 1 Aug 1939, redesignated as 1 Pursuit Squadron [Interceptor], on 6 Dec 1939, disbanded on 1 May 1942, and reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) was consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 1 Liaison Squadron (which was constituted as 1 Liaison Flight on 27 Sep 1949, activated on 24 Oct 1949, inactivated on 22 Jul 1952, redesignated as 1 Liaison Squadron on 13 Feb 1953, activated on 8 Apr 1953, and inactivated on 18 Jan 1954) and 1 Special Operations Squadron (which was constituted as 1 Air Commando Squadron, Composite, and activated, on 17 Jun 1963, organized on 8 Jul 1963, redesignated as 1 Air Commando Squadron, Fighter, on 15 Aug 1967; 1 Special Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 1968). Gunnery testing and training, 1939-1942. Flew administrative flights, 1949-1952 and 1953-1954. Combat in Southeast Asia, 8 Jul 1963-7 Nov 1972 and 15 Dec 1972-28 Jan 1973. Trained Vietnamese Air Force pilots in counterinsurgency operations, Jul 1963-Nov 1972. After Vietnam conflict, served in Philippines and later Japan to train for and perform special operations missions as needed.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 20 May 1966; latest rendering, 25 September 2019. The emblem is symbolic of the squadron and its mission. The red, white and blue are the national colors that ride with the squadron into battle and victory. The pale alludes to the numeral 1, the unit’s numerical designation and marks it as first among its peers. The eagle represents the squadron’s air mission and the three arrows depict the unit’s capability to strike, to reconnoiter and to resupply. The compass role signifies the squadron’s worldwide reaction capability. The colors gold and blue denote the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations, with gold referring to the sun and day, and blue to night, and also indicating the squadron’s ability to work in darkness as well as light. The emblem bears the national colors and the Air Force colors gold and ultramarine blue.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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