6th Special Operations Squadron, US Air Force

6TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 6 Fighter Squadron, Commando, on 22 Sep 1944. Activated on 30 Sep 1944. Inactivated on 3 Nov 1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted, and activated, on 18 Apr 1962. Organized on 27 Apr 1962. Redesignated as: 6 Air Commando Squadron, Fighter, on 15 Jun 1966; 6 Special Operations Squadron on 15 Jul 1968. Inactivated on 15 Nov 1969. Activated on 8 Jan 1970. Redesignated as 6 Special Operations Training Squadron on 31 Aug 1972. Inactivated on 15 Sep 1974. Redesignated as 6 Special Operations Flight on 25 Mar 1994. Activated on 1 Apr 1994. Redesignated as 6 Special Operations Squadron on 1 Oct 1994.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 22 March 1966; latest rendering, 5 September 1997.

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