Lineage. Constituted as 16 Floating Repair Unit on 18 May 1944. Redesignated as 16 Aircraft Maintenance Unit (Floating) on 29 May 1944. Activated on 2 Jun 1944. Inactivated on 18 Feb 1946. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 16 Helicopter Generation Squadron, on 23 Aug 1995. Activated on 1 Oct 1995. Redesignated as: 16 Helicopter Maintenance Squadron on 1 Oct 2002; 1 Special Operations Helicopter Maintenance Squadron on 16 Nov 2006; 801 Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on 1 Jun 2009.
Assignments. Warner Robins Air Service Command, 2 Jun 1944; Army Air Forces, Air Technical Service Command, 31 Aug 1944-12 Jan 1945; Pacific Ocean Area, c. Mar 1945; Guam Air Depot, 1 Apr 1945; United States Army Strategic Tactical Air Forces (later, Pacific Air Command, U. S. Army), 20 Sep-28 Dec 1945; Unkn, 2-18 Feb 1946. 16 Logistics (later, 16 Maintenance; 1 Special Operations Maintenance) Group, 1 Oct 1995-.
Stations. Daniel Field, GA, 2 Jun 1944; Brookley Field, AL, 25 Jul 1944; Bates Field, AL, 7 Oct 1944; Point Clear, AL, 14 Oct 1944; Bates Field, AL, 6 Nov 1944; Brookley Field, AL, 23 Dec 1944; [From 11 Jan 1945-5 Feb 1946, unit stationed aboard the auxillary aircraft repair ship FS-215, renamed Colonel Donald R. Lyon on 9 Mar 1945] Los Angeles Port of Embarkation, CA, 31 Jan 1945; Santa Monica, CA, 1-19 Mar 1945; Honolulu Harbor, HI, 28 Mar 1945; Apra Harbor, Guam, 30 Apr 1945; Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, 13 May 1945; Tinian Harbor, Tinian, 7 Aug-28 Dec 1945; San Francisco Harbor, CA, 2 Feb 1946; Camp Stoneman, CA, 5-18 Feb 1946. Hurlburt Field, FL, 1 Oct 1995-.
Service Streamers. World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Campaign Streamers. None.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jun 1997-31 May 1999; 1 Jul 2003-30 Jun 2005; 1 Jul 2006-30 Jun 2007. Meritorious Unit Awards: 1 Jul 2007-30 Jun 2009; 1 Oct 2009-30 Sep 2011; 1 Oct 2011 – 30 Sep 2013; 1 Oct 2013 – 30 Sep 2015. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: [1 Oct] 1995-31 May 1997; 1 Jul 1999-30 Jun 2001; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2003; 1 Jul 2004-1 Jun 2006.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 14 Nov 2016.
Supersedes statement prepared on 10 Sep 2013.
Emblem. Approved on 6 Jan 2021.
Prepared by Major Tonia Stephens.
Reviewed by Carl E. Bailey.