17th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
History: 17 Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) (constituted as 17 Observation Squadron [Light] on 5 Feb 1942; activated on 2 Mar 1942; redesignated as:17 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 17 Reconnaissance Squadron [Bombardment] on 2 Apr 1943; inactivated on 27 Apr 1946) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 17 Liaison Squadron (constituted on 19 Sep 1952; activated on 20 Oct 1952; inactivated on 25 Sep 1953) and 17 Special Operations Squadron (constituted on 11 Apr 1969; activated on 1 Jun 1969; inactivated on 30 Sep 1971). Activated on 1 Aug 1989.
Operations: Antisubmarine patrols off west coast of US, c. May–c. Sep 1942; Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 28 Jan 1944–25 Jul 1945. Not manned, 1952–1953. Combat in Southeast Asia, 1 Jun 1969–30 Sep 1971. Disaster relief missions in the Philippines, 16–31 Jul 1990. Other special operations missions as necessary in the 1990s.
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The emblem was approved on 19 July 1993. Newest rendition approved on 21 December 2011.
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