5th EXPEDITIONARY AIR MOBILITY SQUADRON – FIVES ARE WILD – DESERT

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5th EXPEDITIONARY AIR MOBILITY SQUADRON

Lineage.  Constituted as 5 Air Cargo Resupply Squadron on 31 Jul 1944.  Activated on 29 Aug 1944.  Inactivated on 25 Mar 1946.  Redesignated as 5 Military Airlift Support Squadron (Mobile Enroute), and activated, on 3 May 1966.  Organized in the Reserve on 1 Jul 1966.  Inactivated on 1 Jul 1973.  Redesignated as 5 Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 12 Jun 2002.  Activated on 22 Jan 2003.

Assignments.  21 Service (later, 21 Air Service) Group, 29 Aug 1944-25 May 1946.  .  First Air Force Reserve Region, 1 Jul 1966; Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 31 Dec 1969-1 Jul 1973.  Air Mobility Command (attached to 721 Air Mobility Operations Group), 22 Jan 2003; 9 Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force (attached to Eighteenth Air Force), 1 Dec 2003-.

Stations.  Nadzab, New Guinea, 29 Aug 1944; Biak Island, Netherlands East Indies, 16 Dec 1944; San Marcelino, Luzon, 9 Feb 1945; Porac, Luzon, 4 Jun 1945; Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 28 Aug 1945; Tachikawa AAB, Japan, 7 Nov 1945-25 Mar 1946.  McGuire AFB, NJ, 1 Jul 1966-1 Jul 1973.  Kuwait IAP, Kuwait, 22 Jan 2003-.

Service Streamers.  None.

Campaign Streamers.  World War II:  New Guinea; Luzon.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.   Meritorious Unit Awards:  1 Jun 2011-31 May 2012; 1 Oct 2012-30 Sep 2013; 1 Oct 2013-30 Sep 2014; 1 Oct 2014-30 Sep 2015; 1 Oct 2015-30 Sep 2016; 1 Oct 2016-30 Sep 2017.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards:  1 Oct 2004-30 Sep 2005; 1 Oct 2007-30 Sep 2008; 1 Oct 2008-30 Sep 2009. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation:  17 Oct 1944-4 Jul 1945.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 26 Apr 2018.

Emblem.  Approved on 14 Feb 1968; newest rendition approved 4 Sep 2007.