319th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force
319TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 319 Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando) on 9 Aug 1944. Activated on 1 Sep 1944. Redesignated as 319 Troop Carrier Squadron on 29 Sep 1945. Inactivated on 27 Dec 1945. Redesignated as 319 Troop Carrier Squadron, Commando, and activated on 18 Apr 1962. Organized on 27 Apr 1962. Redesignated as: 319 Air Commando Squadron, Troop Carrier, on 8 Nov 1964; 319 Air Commando Squadron, Tactical Airlift, on 1 May 1967; 319 Special Operations Squadron on 8 Jul 1968. Inactivated on 15 Jan 1972. Activated on 1 Oct 2005. Provided airlift support and flew aerial resupply missions to commando bases in China-Burma-India (CBI) theater; conducted airborne drop and glider operations for Allied troops in Burma, central China, and French Indo-China, Oct 1944-Oct 1945; not manned, Nov-Dec 1945. From 1962 to 1965, deployed personnel and equipment to support early counterinsurgency operations and foreign civic action programs in Southeast Asia. Conducted training programs in special air warfare tactics and techniques for USAF and foreign air forces; and provided airlift support to U.S. Army Special Forces. Provided intratheater support for special operations forces, 2005-.
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The Emblem was approved 29 July 2010.
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