20th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
20TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 20 Observation Squadron (Light) on 5 Feb 1942. Activated on 2 Mar 1942. Redesignated as: 20 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 20 Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 2 Apr 1943; 20 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 27 Nov 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 20 Helicopter Squadron, which was constituted on 24 Feb 1956. Activated on 9 Jul 1956. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 Mar 1960. Activated on 24 Sep 1965. Organized on 8 Oct 1965. Redesignated as 20 Special Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 1968. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1972. Activated on 1 Jan 1976.
Trained in aerial reconnaissance, Mar 1942–Nov 1943. Combat in China-Burma-India (CBI), 31 Jan 1944–5 May 1945. Trained using special operations helicopters, 1956–1960. Combat in Southeast Asia, Dec 1965–Mar 1972. Trained in special operations and conducted humanitarian missions, 1976–. Combat in Panama, Dec 1989–Jan 1990, and Kuwait, Jan–Feb 1991. Performed conventional and unconditional warfare missions as well as psychological operations, 1992-. Responded to initial recovery efforts on 11 Sep 2001 when terrorist attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City, NY. Deployed personnel to Operation Iraqi Freedom; provided adverse weather infiltration/exfiltration, fire support, combat search and rescue (CSAR), and transported cargo to coalition forces in the field, c. 2000-2008. Operated CV-22 Osprey aircraft in support of special operations, 2009-.
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The Emblem was approved 9 December 1993; latest rendering, 9 October 2018.
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