512th Rescue Squadron Commander: Lt. Col. John J. Galik 512th RQS/CC Mission Statement Provide Mission-Ready H-1 and H-60 Crewmembers to Helicopter Units Worldwide! Unit History Lineage: Constituted as the 512th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 Oct 1942 and activated on 31 Oct 1942. It was re-designated as the 512th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 3 May 1944 and then again as the 512th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945. Although it was inactivated on 26 Mar 1946, the unit was revived as the 512th Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Weather on 23 May 1947. Two further inactivation and activations occurred until 25 Mar 1994 when the unit became the 512th Special Operations Squadron gaining its present name on 6 Oct 2000. Assignments: 31 Oct 1942 376th Bombardment Group 10 Nov 1945 to 26 Mar 1946 468th Bombardment Group 23 May 1947 376th Reconnaissance Group 16 Sep 1947 Air Weather Service 14 Oct 1947 to 20 Sep 1948 and 13 Feb 1949 308th Reconnaissance Group 14 Nov 1949 to 20 Feb 1951 2143d Air Weather Wing 1 Jun 1951 376th Bombardment Group 16 Jun 1952 to 15 Mar 1965 376th Bombardment Wing 1 Apr 1994 to Present 58th Operations Group Stations: 31 Oct 1942 Lydda, Palestine 9 Nov 1942 Abu Sueir, Egypt 10 Feb 1943 Gambut, Libya 25 Feb 1943 Soluch, Libya 16 Apr 1943 Bengasi, Libya 26 Sep 1943 Enfidaville, Tunisia 19 Nov 1943 to 19 Apr 1945 San Pancrazio, Italy 8 May 1945 Harvard Army Air Field, NE 25 Jun 1945 Grand Island Army Air Field, NE 10 Nov 1945 Tarrant Field, TX 9 Jan 1946 to 26 Mar 1946 Roswell Army Air Field, NM 23 May 1947 to 20 Sep 1948 Gravelly Point, VA 13 Feb 1949 to 9 Jan 1950 Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA 27 Jan 1950 Yokota AB, Japan 11 Aug 1950 to 20 Feb 1951 Misawa AB, Japan 1 Dec 1957 to 15 Mar 1965 Lockbourne AFB, OH 1 Apr 1994 to Present Kirtland AFB, NM Aircraft Flown: 1942 B-17 Flying Fortress 1942 to 1945 B-24 Liberator 1945 B-29 Superfortress 1949 to 1950 C-47 Skytrain 1949 to 1951 B/RB/WB-29 Superfortress 1950 to 1951 C-54 Skymaster 1951 to 1954 B-29 Superfortress 1954 to 1961 B-47 Stratojet 1961 to 1965 EB-47 Stratojet 1994 to Present UH-1N Huey HH-60G Pave Hawk Operations: 1 Nov 1942 to 15 Apr 1943 Combat missions in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operation 1 Jul 1950 to Feb 1951 Weather Reconnaissance Nov 1952 to Mar 1965 Electronic Countermeasures training Current Special Operations contingencies, exercises, and humanitarian rescue helicopter training Unit Awards Service Streamers: None Campaign Streamers: World War II: Egypt-Libya; Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern/Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater Korea: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation 1942 to 17 Aug 1943 - North Africa and Sicily 1 Aug 1943 - Ploesti, Romania 16 Jun 1944 - Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 27 Jun to 27 Dec 1950 1 Jun 1986 to 31 May 1988 1 Jan 1993 to 30 Jun 1994 1 Jul 1994 to 31 Dec 1995 1 Jul 1996 to 30 Jun 1998 1 Jul 1998 to 30 Jun 2000 1 Jul 2001 to 30 Jun 2002 1 Jul 2002 to 30 Jun 2003 1 Jul 2004 to 30 Jun 2005 1 Jul 2006 to 30 Jun 2007 1 Jul 2007 to 30 Jun 2008