Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.75 inch – 95mm
81st EXPEDITIONARY RESCUE SQUADRON (USAFE)
Lineage. Constituted as 81 Air Rescue Squadron on 12 Aug 1952. Activated on 1 Sep 1952. Inactivated in Mar 1954. Redesignated as 81 Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 14 Apr 2003.
Assignments. 12 Air Rescue Group, 1 Sep 1952-18 Feb 1954 (attached to Twelfth Air Force, 30 Oct 1952-21 Sep 1953). Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 14 Apr 2003; United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 1 Oct 2008-. 449th Air Expeditionary Group,
Stations. Palm Beach International Airport, FL, 1 Sep-20 Oct 1952; Bordeaux, France, 30 Oct 1952; Sembach AB, Germany, 25 Sep 1953-Mar 1954. Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, 2007-.
Aircraft. SA-16, 1952-1954; H-19B, 1952-1954; C-47, 1952-1954. HC-130P, 2007-.
Operations. Prepared for overseas deployment, Sep-Oct 1952. Trained to meet rescue requirements in southeastern Europe; conducted search missions, overwater coverage for fighter movement and emergency air evacuation of ill and injured personnel, Nov 1952-Mar 1954. Provide rescue of isolated personnel from austere, denied objectives using night vision goggle (NVG)/adverse weather low-level, airdrop, air land, helicopter air refueling (HAR), and forward area refueling point (FARP) operations for the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. None.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. None.
Emblem. None on file.