26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron

The 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed.

26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
A squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk executes a mission in Southwest Asia.
Active1952–1956; 2003
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleSearch and Rescue
Part ofAir Combat Command
EngagementsWar in Afghanistan[1]
Insignia
26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron emblem (approved 12 January 2016)[1]
26th Air Rescue Squadron emblem (c. 1952-1956)

The squadron was first activated at Albrook Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone in November 1952 as the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Group it performed search and rescue missions in the Caribbean for the next four years before inactivating in December 1956. It was converted to provisional status in December 2002.

History

Search and rescue in the Caribbean

The squadron activated in November 1952 at Albrook Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone as the 26th Air Rescue Squadron when Air Rescue Service expanded its existing rescue squadrons into groups and replaced their existing flights with newly formed squadrons. The 26th absorbed the equipment, personnel and mission of the former Flight A, 1st Air Rescue Squadron, which was simultaneously discontinued. The squadron flew search and rescue and aeromedical evacuation operations primarily over land and water areas around Panama, but extending into Central America and northwestern areas of South America, until it was inactivated in late 1956.[1]

Expeditionary operations

As an expeditionary unit, the 26th has been activated several times during the Global War on Terror. The squadron is manned and equipped by deployed airmen from regular, Air National Guard, and reserve rescue units deployed from their home bases.

Lineage
  • Constituted as the 26th Air Rescue Squadron on 17 October 1952
Activated on 14 November 1952
Inactivated on 8 December 1956
  • Redesignated 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 December 2002
Activated on 20 March 2003
Inactivated on 10 September 2003[1]
Activated February 2009
Inactivated 1 January 2014
Activated 1 September 2015[2][3]

Assignments
438th Air Expeditionary Wing, 20 March–10 September 2003[1]
451st Expeditionary Operations Group, February 2009[3]
651st Air Expeditionary Group, 29 June 2011 – 1 January 2014[3]
1st Expeditionary Rescue Group, 1 September 2015 – present[3][2]

Stations

Aircraft

References

Media related to 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Wikimedia Commons

Notes
  1. Dollman, TSG Davis (2 August 2016). "Factsheet 26 Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. Watson, SRA Racheal E. (3 September 2015). "There is always a first: The 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group Activation". 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. No Byline. "26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron". Flightline Insignia. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Campaigns
  • Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan: Consolidation III
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