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Unit Emblem Unit Designation Notes/Mission RAF Ascension Island Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: 45th Mission Support Squadron (Detachment 2) Royal Air Force base made available to the United States by the British government, hosting a Geographically Separate Unit (GSU) of Space Launch Delta 45. [8] Clear Space Force Station
A detachment (from the French détachement [1]) is a military unit. [2] It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or (particularly in United States military usage) be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion. The term is often used to refer to a unit that is assigned to a different base from the parent unit.
Active: October 1, 1987 – present: Country United States of America Branch United States Air Force Type: Special Operations Forces: Role: Organize, train and equip ST forces worldwide to integrate, synchronize, and/or control air power during operations.
As an Air National Guard unit, the 125th Fighter Wing has a dual mission - one state and one federal. The state mission under Title 32 of the United States Code (Title 32 USC) is to provide trained and equipped personnel to protect life and property and to preserve peace, order, and public safety under the Governor of the State of Florida as part of both the Florida Air National Guard and the ...
[8] [9] [10] Schriever's old main gate sign with tenant units listed below. Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Schriever, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.
In January 1993, the 301st Rescue Squadron (301 RQS), a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 939th Rescue Wing (939 RQW) at Portland Air Reserve Station, Oregon, moved from its former home station at Homestead Air Force Base, which had been devastated by Hurricane Andrew, to Patrick Air Force Base.
In 2015, the 711th commenced sharing buildings, flightline, aircraft and mission with the active duty 6th Special Operations Squadron (6 SOS) at Duke Field. [8] The 6 SOS is a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 492nd Special Operations Wing (492 SOW) at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
DH-4 at Souther Field Georgia 1918. The 5th Reconnaissance Squadron's origins unofficially begin before the United States entry into World War I.In December 1916 the squadron was first organized as an un-designated unit at Rockwell Field, California, it being the fifth Aero Squadron authorized by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps. [3]