Lineage. Constituted as 9 Airdrome Squadron on 7 Nov 1942. Activated on 26 Nov 1942. Inactivated on 5 Dec 1945. Redesignated as 3 Base Complement Squadron on 7 Oct 1946. Activated on 1 Nov 1946. Inactivated on 28 Jul 1948. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 3 Logistics Support Squadron, on 1 Dec 1991. Activated on 19 Dec 1991. Redesignated as 3 Maintenance Operations Squadron on 30 Sep 2002.
Assignments. Air Service Command, 26 Nov 1942; Third Air Force, 28 Dec 1942; Eighth Air Force, c. 6 Jun 1942; VIII Air Support Command, 8 Jun 1943; Ninth Air Force, 15 Oct 1943; IX Fighter Command, 18 Oct 1943; IX Troop Carrier Command, 2 Nov 1943; IX Fighter Command, 6 Nov 1943; IX Air Service Command, 7 Nov 1943; IX Fighter Command, 20 Nov 1943; IX Air Support (later, IX Tactical Air) Command, 1 Feb 1944; XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional), 15 Sep 1944; IX Fighter Command, 1 Dec 1944 (attached to XXIX Tactical Air Command [Provisional], 1 Dec 1944-13 Jun 1945); IX Air Force Service Command, 14 Jun-5 Dec 1945. Caribbean Air Command, 1 Nov 1946-28 Jul 1948. 3 Logistics (later, 3 Maintenance) Group, 19 Dec 1991-.
Stations. Baer Fld, IN, 26 Nov 1942; Walterboro AAFld, SC, c. 19 Jan 1943; Hunter Fld, GA, 16 Feb-18 May 1943; Membury, England, 8 Jun 1943; Aldermaston, England, 12 Jul 1943; Welford, England, 8 Sep 1943; Boxted, England, 8 Nov 1943; Raydon, England, 18 Nov 1943; Keevil, England, 4 Dec 1943; Holmsley South, England, 23 Feb 1944; Beaulieu, England, 18 Mar 1944; St. Pierre du Mont, France, 9 Jun 1944; Chippelle, France, 22 Jun 1944; Meautis, France, 2 Aug 1944; Gorron, France, 19 Aug 1944; Meautis, France, 25 Aug 1944; Juvincourt, France, 18 Sep 1944; Le Culot, Belgium, 20 Oct 1944; Ophoven, Belgium, 27 Jan 1944; Venlo, Netherlands, 10 Mar 1945; Lippstadt, Germany, 12 Apr 1945; Volkenrod, Germany, 30 Apr 1945; Sandweiler, Luxembourg, 16 Jun 1945; Nuremberg, Germany, 15 Aug 1945; Erlangen, Germany, 1 Sep-5 Dec 1945. Albrook Fld (later, AFB), Canal Zone, 1 Nov 1946-28 Jul 1948. Elmendorf AFB, AK, 19 Dec 1991-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace ; Central Europe.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan 1994-31 Dec 1995; 1 Jan 1996-30 Sep 1998; 1 Jan 2002-30 Sep 2003; 1 Oct 2003-30 Sep 2005; 1 Oct 2005-1 Nov 2006; 2 Nov 2008-1 Nov 2009. Citations in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944; 1 Oct-17 Dec 1944; 18 Dec 1944-15 Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through Apr 2011.
Supersedes statement prepared on 17 Oct 2001.
Emblem. Approved on 24 Jun 2010.
Prepared by Patsy Robertson.
Reviewed by Carl E. Bailey.