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306: 1340: 1307: 354:, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on 10 March 1966 over South Vietnam. In the first action of the Vietnam War that merited the award of the Air Force Cross, Captain Howard Rudolph Cody and his navigator First Lieutenant Atis Karlis Lielmanis both received the award posthumously for extraordinary heroism on 24 November 1963 while flying an A-26 out of Bien Hoa AB on a close air support mission. Two other early recipients of the Air Force Cross were Maj. Carl Berg Mitchell and his navigator, Capt. Vincent Joseph Hickman. Maj. Mitchell and Capt. Hickman were awarded the medal posthumously for an A-26 mission over 404:, the 1st Special Operations Squadron operated the MC-130H Combat Talon II until 2020. They currently operate the MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of joint and allied special operations forces. This aircraft is capable of delivering troops and equipment into denied areas at night by airdrop or landing. Its aircrews are specially trained in night low-level flying, using night vision goggles. The 353rd Special Operations Group is the focal point for all U.S. Air Force special operations activities throughout the USPACOM theater. The group contains more than 1000 Airmen and six squadrons. 96: 78: 43: 179: 54: 191: 407:
Throughout its history, the unit has been extremely active in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In 2005, the unit supported Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the relief effort from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2011, the unit supported Operation TOMODACHI, the relief effort from the Great
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In August 2000, a crew from the 1st SOS, along with another from the 17th SOS, flew a C-130 each to deliver 19 tons of disaster relief aid across the Pacific to assist in Vietnam's worst flooding in a century. Nearly 22,000 pounds of plastic sheeting, 3,600 blankets and 5,000 water containers were
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on 15 December 1972 and relocated to Kadena AB, Japan (although a segment of the squadron operated from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB until 28 January 1973). The squadron was reassigned to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, on 15 January 1981, relocating in the process to
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on 14 January 1964. Capt. John Edgar Lackey received the award for extraordinary heroism during a search and rescue mission over Laos on 18 and 19 March 1972. The last pilot of the 1st to be awarded the Air Force Cross was Maj.
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The 1st saw extensive combat in Southeast Asia, from 8 July 1963 – 7 November 1972 and from 15 December 1972 – 28 January 1973. In its early years in Southeast Asia, the squadron flew a variety of aircraft, beginning with the
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missions for U.S. and Vietnamese ground forces. It also trained Vietnamese Air Force pilots in counterinsurgency operations, from July 1963 – November 1972. Aircraft flown by the 1st were the B-26 (1963–1964);
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in 1963 and 1964, both aircraft used for close air support. While at its initial home base at Bien Hoa AB, aircrews of the 1st Air Commando Squadron performed the first combat tests of the famous
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The 1st operated the MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft until 2020, and now flies MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of joint and allied special operations forces.
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operations from, July 1963 – November 1972. It acquired the Combat Talon mission from the redesignated 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 15 December 1972. Three
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The 1st Special Operations Squadron was originally constituted as the 1st Air Commando Squadron, Composite, and activated on 17 June 1963 under
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The 1st flew combat missions in Southeast Asia from 8 July 1963 – 7 November 1972 and 15 December 1972 – 28 January 1973. It also trained
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on 8 March 1966. Redesignated the 1st Air Commando Squadron, Fighter, on 15 August 1967, it was reassigned on 20 December 1967 to the
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The 1st conducted gunnery testing and training from 1939 to 1942. It flew administrative airlift from 1949 to 1952 and 1953–1954.
347:(1963–1966); RB–26 (1963–1964); A–1 (1964–1972); FC-47 (1964–1965); AC-47 (1965); and the C (later MC)-130 beginning in 1972. 1219: 1310: 305: 121: 159: 299: 589:, 24 October 1949 (attached to 2602d Tow Target Squadron until 22 May 1950; 1st Tow Target Squadron after 27 May 1950) 1610: 1605: 1600: 1595: 1590: 1585: 1580: 1575: 1570: 1565: 1238: 1560: 1555: 1550: 1545: 1530: 1525: 1520: 1515: 1510: 1505: 1500: 1495: 1490: 1339: 1306: 153: 145: 1485: 1480: 1475: 1470: 1465: 1460: 1455: 1450: 789: 278:. It was reassigned the following year, on 8 July, to the 6251st Tactical Fighter Wing (although attached to the 1678: 1673: 1668: 1663: 401: 385: 261: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1643: 1638: 1633: 1399: 1394: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1374: 1369: 234: 207: 1364: 1359: 822: 24: 1420: 1415: 1354: 645: 17: 626:
6251st Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 July 1965 (attached to 3d Tactical Fighter Wing after 21 November 1965)
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to deliver troops and equipment into denied areas during adverse weather conditions at night by
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353d Special Operations Wing (later 353 Special Operations Group), 6 April 1989 – present
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Following the end of combat operations at the end of 1972, the 1st was reassigned to the
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flown from Guam to Okinawa and then on to Vietnam by the two Kadena-based C-130s.
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56th Air Commando Wing (later 56th Special Operations Wing), 20 December 1967
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2d Air Division, 18 February 1966 (attached to 3d Tactical Fighter Wing)
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East Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011. In 2013, the unit supported
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gunship, beginning in December 1964. In 1964 the 1st began flying the
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Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 20 December 1967
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Ninth Air Force, 8 April 1953 – 18 January 1954 (attached to
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Special operations squadrons of the United States Air Force
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Index

1 Squadron
915th Air Refueling Squadron


United States
United States Air Force
Special Operations
Air Force Special Operations Command
Kadena Air Base
Presidential Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Combat "V" Device
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm


353d Special Operations Group
Kadena Air Base
night vision goggles
airdrop
South Vietnamese air force
counter-insurgency
MC-130 Combat Talons
Operation Eagle Claw
Farm Gate (military operation)
Pacific Air Forces
Bien Hoa Air Base
34th Tactical Group
3d Tactical Fighter Wing
Pleiku Air Base

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