Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
1st EXPEDITIONARY RESCUE GROUP (ACC)
Lineage. Constituted as 1 Emergency Rescue Squadron on 25 Nov 1943. Activated on 1 Dec 1943. Inactivated on 4 Jun 1946. Redesignated as1 Rescue Squadron on 26 Sep 1946. Activated on 1 Nov 1946. Redesignated as: 1 Air Rescue Squadron on 20 Aug 1950; 1 Air Rescue Group on 14 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 8 Dec 1956. Redesignated as 1 Rescue Group on 31 Mar 1995. Activated on 14 Jun 1995. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1997. Redesignated as 1 Expeditionary Rescue Group, converted to provisional status, and assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 9 Jun 2015. Activated on 1 Sep 2015-.
Assignments. Army Air Forces Eastern Technical Training Command, 1 Dec 1943; XII Fighter Command, 12 Mar 1944 (attached to Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, 14 Sep 1944-); Twelfth Air Force, 1 Oct 1944 (remained attached to Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force to 12 May 1945); Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command, 18 Jun 1945; Army Air Forces Eastern Technical Training Command, 15 Oct 1945-4 Jun 1946. Caribbean Defense Command, 1 Nov 1946; 5600 Wing (later, Composite Wing), 26 Jul 1948; Caribbean Air Command, 25 Apr 1949; Air Rescue Service, 1 Sep 1949-8 Dec 1956 (attached to Caribbean Air Command, 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956). 1 Fighter Wing, 14 Jun 1995; 347 Wing, 1 Apr-30 Sep 1997. 332 Air Expeditionary Wing, Sept. 1, 2015-.
Components. Squadrons. 26 Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956. 1 Sep 2015-. 27 Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-21 Sep 1953. 28 Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956. 29 Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956. 41 Rescue: 14 Jun 1995-1 Apr 1997. 52 Rescue: 1 Sep 2015-. 64 Rescue: 1 Sep 2015-. 71 Rescue: 14 Jun 1995-1 Apr 1997.
Stations. Boca Raton, FL, 1 Dec 1943-18 Feb 1944; Casablanca, Morocco, 12 Mar 1944; Sidi Ahmid, Tunisia, 29 Mar 1944; Ajaccio, Corsica, 8 Apr 1944; Foggia, Italy, 19 Dec 1944-25 May 1945; Keesler Field, MS, 18 Jun 1945-4 Jun 1946. Howard Field (later, AFB), Canal Zone, 1 Nov 1946-1 Sep 1949; MacDill AFB, FL, 1 Sep 1949-15 Jun 1951; Albrook AFB, Canal Zone, 15 Jun 1951-8 Dec 1956. Patrick AFB, FL, 14 Jun 1995-30 Sep 1997. Diyarbakir AB, Turkey, Sept. 1, 2015-.
Aircraft. OA-10, 1944-1945; L-5, 1944-1945; B-25, 1944-1945; B-17, 1944-1945. B (later TB; SB)-17, 1946-1952; C-47, 1946-1950; L-1, 1946-1948; L-13, 1946-1949; OA (later, SA)-10, 1946-1953; L-5, 1947-1949; R (later, H)-5, 1947-1953; C-82, 1949-1952; SB-29, 1952-1956; SA-16, 1952-1956; SH-19, 1954-1956; SC-54, 1956. HH-60, 1995-1997, 2015-; C-130, 1995-1997; HC-130, 1995-1997, 2015-.
Operations. Conducted long-range air-sea rescue operations from North Africa, Italy, Corsica and Southern France, 1944-1945. Conducted long-range air-sea rescue operations in Central America and Caribbean region, 1946-1956. Provided personnel and aircraft conducting combat search and rescue operations in Southwest Asia, 1995-1997; 2015-, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley; Southern France; Rhineland; Air Combat, EAME.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 17-21 Aug 1944.
Emblem. Approved on 23 Jan 1951.