65th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force

65TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 65 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated as 65 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 21 Sep 1943. Inactivated on 29 Apr 1946. Redesignated as 65 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, and activated, on 1 Oct 1946. Redesignated as 65 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 2 Jul 1948. Inactivated on 31 Jan 1970. Redesignated as 65 Strategic Squadron on 7 Apr 1986. Activated on 1 Jul 1986. Inactivated on 2 Oct 1991. Redesignated as 65 Special Operations Squadron on 26 Sep 2018. Activated on 17 Dec 2018.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 9 September 1954; latest rendering, 10 September 2019.

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