21st Special Operations Squadron 1967 - 1975
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Last Revised: December 14, 1998
ASSIGNMENTS:
21st Pursuit Sq (Interceptor)
1 Feb 1940 - 2 Apr 1946
35th Pursuit Gp (attached to the 24th Pursuit Gp 20 Nov 1941 - 2 Apr 1946)
Deactivated
21st Helicopter Sq.
9 Jul 1956
Eighteenth Air Force (attached to the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing 9 Jul 1956 - 30 Jun 1957; 314th Troop Carrier Wing 30 Jun 1957-)
1 Sep 1957 - 15 Oct 1957 Ninth Air Force
Deactivated 15 Oct 1957
Reactivate 30 Jun 1967
21st Helicopter Sq
30 Jun 1967
Tactical Air Command
15 Jul 1967 - 25 Nov 1967 Ninth Air Force, (507th Tactical Control Grp)
25 Nov 1967 Pacific Air Force (PACAF)
27 Nov 1967 - 30 Jul 1968 56th Air Commando Wing
21st Special Operations Sq
1 Aug 1968 - 30 Jun 1975
56th Special Operations Wing
30 Jun 1975 - 22 Sep 1975 13th Air Force (attached to 656th Special Operations Wing)
STATIONS
Moffett Field, CA 1 Feb 1940
Hamilton Field, CA 10 Sep 1941
Nichols Field, Luzon 20 Nov 1941 - 15 Dec 1941
Lubao, Luzon 25 Dec 1941 - 4 Jan 1942
Bataan, Luzon 4 Jan 1942 - Apr 1942
Donaldson AFB, S.C. 9 Jul 1956 - 15 Oct 1957
Shaw AFB, S.C. 15 Jul 1967 - 27 Nov 1967
Nakhon Phanom RTAFB 25 Nov 1967 - 22 Sep 1975 (Air Echelon operated from Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, 11–13 Apr 1975; the USS Midway, 20 Apr–2 May 1975; and U–Tapao RTNAF, Thailand, 2–5 May and 14–16 May 1975)
COMMANDERS Assumed Command On
Maj Frank L. Kabelman Jr. 9 Jul 1956 - 15 Oct 1957
LCol. Harry F. Hauser 24 Jul 1967
LCol. Robert L. Roy 5 Mar 1968 (temporary)
LCol. Harry F. Hauser 3 Apr 1968
LCol. H. T. Welch 15 Jul 1968
LCol. Southworth Jr. 24 Apr 1969
LCol. Theodore D. Silva 1 Aug 1969
LCol. George O. Hambrick May 1970
LCol. James E. Cowen 15 Jan 1971
LCol. Preston E. Bradley Jul 1971
LCol. Homer J. Carlile 15 Mar 1972
LCol. John D. "Jack" Koones 4 Jul 1972
LCol. Joseph C. Powell, Jr. 31 Jul 1972 (temporary)
LCol. John D. "Jack" Koones 28 Aug 1972
LCol. Richard F. Robel 5 Jul 1973
LCol. Carl B. Crews 8 Mar 1974
LCol. John H. Denham Dec 1974
LCol. Calvin J. Crochet 1 Jul 1975 - 22 Sep 1975
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