Lineage of the 71st: From WW II
to the Last Known
|
Date |
Activity |
Assignment |
Duty Station |
|
30
Jan 43 |
Constituted
71st Troop Carrier Squadron |
|
|
|
9
Feb 43 |
Activated
(World War II) |
434th
Troop Carrier Group |
Alliance AAF, NE |
|
26
Feb 43 |
Relocation |
"
|
Baer
Field, IN |
|
7
Oct 43 |
Relocation |
"
|
Fulbeck,
England |
|
10
Dec 43 |
Relocation |
"
|
Welford
Park, England |
|
10
Jan 44 |
Relocation |
"
|
Fulbeck,
England |
|
3
Mar 44 |
Relocation |
"
|
Aldermaston,
England |
|
Feb
45 |
Relocation |
"
|
Mourmelon-le-Grand,
FR |
|
5
Aug 45 |
Relocation |
"
|
Baer
Field, IN |
|
15
Sep 45 |
Relocation |
"
|
Alliance
AAF, NE |
|
11
Oct 45 |
Relocation |
"
|
George
Field, IL |
|
2
Feb 46 |
Relocation |
"
|
Greenville
AAB, SC |
|
31
Jul 46 |
Deactivated |
"
|
"
|
|
15
Mar 47 |
Activated
in the Reserve |
"
|
Stout
Field, IN |
|
1
Jul 49 |
Redesignated
71st TCS (Med.) |
"
|
Atterbury
AFB, IN |
|
1
May 51 |
Activated
(Korea) |
"
|
"
|
|
23
Jan 52 |
Relocation |
"
|
Lawson
AFB, GA |
|
1
Feb 53 |
Deactivated |
"
|
Atterbury
AFB, IN |
|
14
Apr 59 |
Reassignment |
434th
Troop Carrier Wing |
"
|
|
28
Oct 62 |
Activated
(Cuba) |
"
|
Bakalar
AFB, IN |
|
28
Nov 62 |
Deactivated |
"
|
"
|
|
11
Feb 63 |
Reassignment |
930th
TCG of the 434th TCW |
"
|
|
1
Jul 67 |
Redesignated |
71st
Tactical Airlift Squadron |
"
|
|
13
May 68 |
Activated
(Vietnam) |
"
|
"
|
|
1
Jun 68 |
Reassigned |
1st
Air Commando Wing |
England
AFB, LA |
|
15
Jun 68 |
Redesignated
and Relocated |
71st
Air Commando
Squadron |
Lockbourne
AFB, OH |
|
8
Jul 68 |
Redesignated |
71st
Special Operations Squadron |
"
|
|
10
Dec 68 |
First
deployment to Vietnam |
"
|
Nha
Trang, Vietnam |
|
Dec
68 |
Reassigned |
14th
Sp'l Op'ns Wing, 7th AF |
Nha
Trang, Vietnam |
|
5
Jun 69 |
Depart
Nha Trang Vietnam |
|
"
|
|
6
Jun 69 |
Arrive
in United States |
"
|
Bakalar
AFB, IN |
|
18
Jun 69 |
Relieved
from Active duty |
"
|
"
|
|
19
Jun 69 |
Reassigned,
Reserve training |
930th
Special Operations Group |
Grissom
AFB, Peru, IN |
|
1
Oct 73 |
Deactivated |
"
|
Grissom
AFB, Peru, IN |
|
1
Oct 87 |
Activated
in the Reserve |
919th
SOG, Duke Field, FL |
Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ |
|
21
Dec 90 |
Activated-Desert
Shield/Storm |
1st
SOW, MH-3E Helicopters |
Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ |
|
10
Jan 91 |
Deployed
to Saudi Arabia |
1st
SOW, MH-3E Helicopters |
King
Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia |
|
21
Mar 91 |
Returned
to United States |
MH-3E
Helicopters |
Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ |
|
1
Mar 94 |
Deactivated
as 71st SOS |
|
Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ |
|
1
Mar 94 |
Reactivated
as 305th Rescue Sqdn. (RQS) HH-60G "Pave Hawk" |
939th
Rescue Wing (RQW) (Portland Int'l Airport, OR) |
Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ |