7th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force

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7TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: The 27 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (constituted as 27 Observation Squadron on 1 Jul 1942; activated on 17 Jul 1942; redesignated as 27 Reconnaissance Squadron [Fighter] on 2 Apr 1943, and 27 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943; disbanded on 30 Nov 1943; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 167 Liaison Squadron (activated on 19 Feb 1945 by special authority prior to constitution on 1 Mar 1945; inactivated on 3 Oct 1946) and the 7 Special Operations Squadron (constituted as 7 Air Commando Squadron, Composite, and activated, on 14 May 1964; organized on 1 Jul 1964; redesignated as 7 Special Operations Squadron on 15 Jul 1968). Consolidated squadron retained designation as 7 Special Operations Squadron. Aerial support for training ground forces, Jul 1942-Nov 1943. Courier operations in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), 10 Mar-May 1945. Special operations training, May 1964-. Supported coalition forces in Southwest Asia conflict, Jan-Mar 1991; later resupplied Kurds in Northern Iraq. Supported special operations missions including psychological operations (PSYOPS), c. 2000-.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 7th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 11 January 1965; latest rendering, 3 October 2018.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/


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