48th Rescue Squadron, US Air Force
48TH RESCUE SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 48th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Redesignated: 48th Air Recovery Squadron on 1 Feb 1965; 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 Jan 1966; 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Training on 8 Jul 1967. Inactivated on 7 Feb 1969. Redesignated 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 14 Sep 1972. Activated on 15 Sep 1972. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1976. Activated on 1 Oct 1985. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1987. Redesignated 48th Rescue Squadron on 1 Apr 1993. Activated on 1 May 1993. Inactivated on 1 Feb 1999. Activated on or about 1 Apr 2004.
Search, rescue and recovery duties mostly over water, 1952-1969, 1972-1976, 1985-1987. Supported USAF Survival School, 1972-1976 and 1985-1987. Performed interdiction missions in support of the South Florida Drug Interdiction Task Force, 1985-1987. Conducted combat search and rescue operations 1993-1999.
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The Emblem was approved 19 May 1994.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil
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