Lineage. Constituted as 49 Installations Squadron, Fighter, Jet, on 10 Aug 1948. Activated on 18 Aug 1948. Redesignated as: 49 Installations Squadron on 1 Feb 1950; 49 Civil Engineering Squadron on 1 Jul 1960. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1981. Activated on 15 Nov 1991. Redesignated as 49 Civil Engineer Squadron on 1 Mar 1994.
Assignments. 49 Air Base (later, 49 Combat Support) Group, 18 Aug 1948-1 Oct 1981 (attached to 6016 Air Base Wing, 1 Apr-18 Nov 1953). 49 Support (later, 49 Mission Support) Group, 15 Nov 1991-.
Stations. Misawa AB, Japan, 18 Aug 1948; Taegu AB, South Korea, 1 Dec 1950; Tsuiki Aux AB, Japan, 25 Jan 1951; Taegu AB, South Korea, 24 Feb 1951; Misawa AB, Japan, 1 Apr 1953-10 Dec 1957; Etain/Rouvres (later, Etain) AB, France, 10 Dec 1957; Spangdahlem AB, Germany, 25 Aug 1959-1 Jul 1968; Holloman AFB, NM, 1 Jul 1968-1 Oct 1981. Holloman AFB, NM, 15 Nov 1991-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Korean War: CCF Intervention 1950-1951; First UN Counteroffensive 1951; CCF Spring Offensive 1951; UN Summer-Fall Offensive 1951; Second Korean Winter 1951-1952; Korean Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter 1952-1953.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Mar 1964-28 Feb 1966; 1 Mar 1966-30 Jun 1967; 1 Jan 1971-15 Apr 1972; 2 May 2004-31 May 2005. Republic of Korea Presidential Citations: 27 Jun 1950-7 Feb 1951; 7 Feb 1951-31 Mar 1953.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 27 Nov 2009.
Supersedes statement prepared in Nov 1991.
Emblem. Approved on 19 Oct 1998; latest rendering 27 Aug 2018.
Prepared by Patsy Robertson.
Reviewed by Daniel Haulman.