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1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE SQUADRON
Posted 6/6/2013
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1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron emblem significance: Blue represents the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow signifies the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The owl, a night predator, reflects the unit's mission of supporting covert operation units. The shield denotes the Air Force mission of defending the peace. The wrench and dagger symbolize the interdependence between operations and maintenance.
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The 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron's mission is to organize, train, and equip Airmen to perform scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance in order to provide safe and reliable aircraft for home station training, clandestine aerial refueling, airdrops, and infiltration/ex-filtration of Special Operations Forces. The unit supports worldwide special operations missions in response to national command authority taskings for the MC-130P Combat Shadow operated by the 9th Special Operations Squadron. The squadron is comprised of more than 311 active-duty Airmen and 9 Department of Defense civilians. Maintenance performance includes aircraft servicing, phase inspections, troubleshooting, repair, modifications, and launch and recovery for all aircraft.
Lineage
Constituted 16th Bomb Maintenance Squadron, Very Heavy, on 19 Nov 1943. Activated on 20 Nov 1943. Disbanded on 12 Oct 1944. Reconstituted, and redesigned 16th Maintenance Squadron on 23 Aug 1995. Activated on 15 Sep 1995. Redesignated the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron on 16 November 2006.
Assignments
468th Bomb Group, 20 Nov. 1943-12 Oct 1944; 16th Logistics (later, 16th Maintenance); 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group, 15 Sept 1995-
Stations
Smokey Hill AAF, KS, 20 Nov 1943-11 Feb 1944; Bombay, India, 2 Apr 1944; Kharagpur, India, 12 Apr-12 Oct 1944. Eglin AFB, FL, 15 Sep 1995 - 21 May 2013; Hurlburt Field, FL, 21 May 2013 - present.
Honors
Service Streamers
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Award
1 Jul 07 - 30 Jun 09
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award w/Valor
1 Jun 97 - 31 May 99
1 Jul 03 - 30 Jun 05
1 Jul 05 - 28 Jun 07
Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
15 Sep 95 - 31 May 97
1 Jul 99 - 30 Jun 01
1 Jul 01 - 30 Jun 03
1 Sep 04-31 Aug 06
Awards
2007 AF Clements McMullen Memorial Daedalian Weapon System Maintenance Trophy
2008 General Thomas P. Gerrity Unit Award.
2008 Secretary of Defense Phoenix Trophy 1 Oct 06- 30 Sep 07
2008 AFSOC Clements McMullen Memorial Daedalian Weapon System Maintenance Trophy
2008 1 SOMXG Maintenance Effectiveness Award
2009 Verne Orr Unit Award - 1SOW - 1 Jul 07 - 30 Jun 09
2009 AFSOC Clements McMullen Memorial Daedalian Weapon System Maintenance Trophy
2012 1 SOMXG Verne Orr Unit Award
Emblem Significance
Blue represents the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow signifies the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The owl, a night predator, reflects the unit's mission of supporting covert operation units. The shield denotes the Air Force mission of defending the peace. The wrench and dagger symbolize the interdependence between operations and maintenance
Point Of Contact
1st Special Operations Wing
Public Affairs Office
344 Tully St.
Hurlburt Field, FL 32544-5271
DSN 579-7464 or (850) 884-7464
E-mail: 1sow.wpa@hurlburt.af.mil
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