• Source: 605th Special Operations Squadron

    • The 605th Special Operations Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 24th Special Operations Wing at Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone, where it was inactivated on 30 April 1972.


    History


    The squadron was first active during World War II as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando. After training in the United States the squadron moved to the China Burma India Theater, where it served in combat until the surrender of Japan. The squadron returned to the United States where it was inactivated in November 1945.
    The squadron was activated again in October 1963 as the United States expanded its special operations units and was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, where it trained units of various Latin American air forces until it was inactivated in late 1972.


    Lineage


    Constituted as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando on 9 August 1944
    Activated on 1 September 1944
    Inactivated on 3 November 1945
    Disbanded on 8 October 1948
    Reconstituted 24 October 1963, redesignated 605th Air Commando Squadron, Composite and activated (not organized)
    Organized on 15 November 1963
    Redesignated 605th Special Operations Squadron on 1 August 1968
    Inactivated on 30 April 1972


    = Assignments

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    = Stations

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    = Aircraft

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    Helio U-10 Courier
    Douglas A-26K Invader
    Douglas C-47 Skytrain
    North American T-28 Trojan
    North American P-51 Mustang (1945)
    Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1944–1945)
    Curtiss C-46 Commando


    References




    = Notes

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    = Bibliography

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    This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

    * Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
    Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.


    External links


    AFHRA USAF squadrons
    AFHRA 5th Fighter Squadron (Commando
    AFHRA 605th Special Operations Squadron

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