72nd Operations Support Squadron, US Air Force

72ND OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: 72 Airdrome Squadron (constituted on 25 Jan 1943; activated on 1 Feb 1943; redesignated as: 72 Airdrome Squadron [Special] on 16 Apr 1943; 72 Airdrome Squadron on 5 Oct 1943; inactivated on 23 Sep 1945; disbanded on 8 Oct 1948; reconstituted on 16 Sep 1994) and the 72 Operations Squadron (constituted on 4 Jun 1952; activated on 16 Jun 1952; discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 Jan 1962) consolidated (16 Sep 1994) with the 654 Operations Support Squadron (constituted on 1 Aug 1993; activated on 1 Oct 1993). Redesignated as 72 Operations Support Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.

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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 19 August 1998.

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