Lineage. Constituted 26 Air Rescue Squadron on 17 Oct 1952. Activated on 14 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 8 Dec 1956. Redesignated 26 Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 12 Dec 2002. Activated on 20 Mar 2003. Inactivated on 10 Sep 2003.
Assignments. 1 Air Rescue Group (attached to Caribbean Air Command for operational control), 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956. Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time after 12 Dec 2002. 438 Air Expeditionary Wing, 20 Mar-10 Sept 2003
Stations. Albrook AFB, Canal Zone, 14 Nov 1952-8 Dec 1956. Jacobabad, Pakistan, 20 Mar-10 Sep 2003.
Commanders. Maj James R. Wesley, 14 Nov 1952; Lt Col Dick W. Thompson Jr., 15 Dec 1953; Maj George O. Hambrick, by Sep 1955; Lt Col George P. Bahler, by Dec 1955-1956.
Aircraft. SA-16, 1952-1956; H-5, 1952-1954; H/SH-19, 1954-1956.
Operations. Search and rescue and aeromedical evacuation operations primarily over land and water areas around Panama, but extending into Central America and northwestern areas of South America, 1952-1956.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Global War on Terrorism: GWAT-E; Afghanistan: Consolidation III.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. None.
Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 1 Aug 2016.
Supersedes statement prepared on 12 Dec 2002.
Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through Dec 1956.
Emblem. Approved on 12 Jan 2016.
Prepared by TSgt David Dollman