8th Weapons Squadron, US Air Force
8TH WEAPONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History:The 8 Ferrying Squadron (constituted 8 Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942; activated on 24 Mar 1942; redesignated 8 Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943; disbanded on 31 Mar 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with:8 Combat Cargo Squadron (constituted on 25 Apr 1944; activated on 1 May 1944; inactivated on 15 Jan 1946; disbanded on 8 Oct 1948; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985); 8 Helicopter Flight (constituted on 7 Oct 1949; activated on 27 Oct 1949; inactivated on 19 Feb 1952; activated on 14 Mar 1952; inactivated on 16 Dec 1952); and 8 Tactical Deployment Control Squadron (constituted 8 Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 14 Aug 1969; activated on 15 Oct 1969; inactivated on 8 Mar 1971; activated on 1 Feb 1972; redesignated 8 Tactical Deployment Control Squadron on 30 Apr 1974). Redesignated:8 Air Deployment Control Squadron on 1 Nov 1991; 8 Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 1 Jul 1994. Inactivated on 15 May 1996. Redesignated 8 Weapons Squadron on 24 Jan 2003. Activated on 3 Feb 2003.
Ferried aircraft to combat theaters and to Brazil under the lend-lease program, Mar 1942-Mar 1944. Aerial transportation in Southwestern and Western Pacific, Nov 1944-Sep 1945. Logistical and supply support to installations in Panama and Latin America, Oct 1949-Feb 1952. Airborne command post for tactical deployments worldwide, Feb 1972-May 1996. Deployed personnel and equipment to Spain and airfield personnel and equipment into Saudi Arabia, Aug 1990-c. Mar 1991.
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The emblem was approved on 30 May 1973.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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