16th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
History: 16 Ferrying Squadron (constituted as 16 Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942; activated on 16 Apr 1942; redesignated as 16 Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943; disbanded on 1 Apr 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 16 Combat Cargo Squadron (constituted on 9 Jun 1944; activated on 13 Jun 1944; inactivated on 29 Dec 1945; disbanded on 8 Oct 1948; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) and the 16 Special Operations Squadron (constituted on 11 Oct 1968; activated on 30 Oct 1968). Consolidated unit retained designation as 16 Special Operations Squadron.
Operations: Ferried aircraft from factories to units in US and Canada and conducted pilot training Apr 1942–Apr 1944. Combat aerial transportation from India to Burma and China, Dec 1944–Oct 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, Nov 1968–Jul 1974; Grenada, 24 Oct–23 Nov 1983; Panama, 20 Dec 1989–14 Jan 1990; and Southwest Asia, Jan–27 May 1991. Participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990-1991. After terrorist attacks on the US on 11 Sep 2001, squadron elements deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and other operations. In Mar 2002, elements it lent flew numerous combat missions in support of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan; these actions earned the squadron the 2002 Mackay Trophy.
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