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History: Constituted as 38 Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 18 Sep 1957. Activated on 30 Jun 1965. Organized on 1 Jul 1965. Redesignated as 38 Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron on 8 Jan 1966. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1971. Activated on 1 Jul 1978. Redesignated as: 38 Air Rescue Squadron on 1 Jun 1989; 38 Rescue Squadron on 1 Feb 1993; 38 Rescue Flight on 1 Jul 1994. Inactivated on 15 Feb 1996. Redesignated as 38 Rescue Squadron on 2 Apr 2001. Activated on 1 May 2001. | |||
Search, rescue, and recovery in Japan and adjacent waters, 1952-1957; also in Korea and adjacent waters, 1952-1953. Operated 14 search and rescue detachments in Vietnam and Thailand, 1965-1971. Provided light-lift helicopter operations east of the Mississippi River, 1978-1980. Flew rescue helicopter operations in South Korea and adjacent waters, 1981-1995. Trained combat-ready pararescue personnel to support worldwide US national security interests; utilized flying assets of other units, 2001-. In 2006, resources deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq. | |||
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The Emblem was approved on 2 October 2001. | |||
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons | Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/ | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2001]] | |||