582 Helicopter Group (ACC) Lineage. Constituted as 2 Emergency Rescue Squadron and activated on 15 Dec 1943. Redesignated as: 2 Rescue Squadron on 15 Mar 1948; 2 Air Rescue Squadron on 10 Aug 1950; Hq, 2 Air Rescue Group on 14 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 24 Jun 1958. Redesignated as 582 Helicopter Group on 11 Dec 2014. Activated on 6 Jan 2015. Assignments. Fourth Air Force, 15 Dec 1943; AAF Eastern Flying Training Command 4 Mar 1944; Southwest Pacific Area, 3 Jun 1944; V Bomber Command, 5 Sep 1944; Thirteenth Air Force, 7 Oct 1944 (attached to 5230 Composite Emergency Rescue Group (Provisional), 31 Oct 1944-19 Mar 1945); 13 Emergency Rescue Group, 19 Mar-21 Nov 1945; Thirteenth Air Force, 21 Nov 1945; 301 Fighter Wing, 30 Mar 1947 (attached to 316 Bombardment Wing, 10 Aug 1947-1 Mar 1948) and assigned to 316 Bombardment Wing, 1 Mar 1948; Air Rescue Service, 1 May 1949-24 Jun 1958 (attached to Far East Air Forces for operational control entire period), (further attached to Thirteenth AF, 1 May 1949; Twentieth Air Force, 16 May 1949; Thirteenth Air Force, 6 Sep 1951-14 Nov 1952). Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) 6 Jan 2015-. Operational Components. Squadrons: 31 Air Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-24 Jun 1958. 32 Air Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-8 Sep 1954. 33 Air Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-20 Sep 1955. 34 Air Rescue: 14 Nov 1952-8 Sep 1954. 37 Helicopter: 6 Jan 2015-. 38 Air Rescue: 18 Jun-18 Sep 1957. 39 Air Rescue: 18 Jun-24 Nov 1957. 40 Helicopter: 6 Jan 2015-. 54 Helicopter: 6 Jan 2015-. 76 Air Rescue: 20 Sep 1955-24 Jun 1958. 79 Air Rescue: 16 Feb 1954-24 Jun 1958. Stations. Hamilton Field, CA, 15 Dec 1943; Gulfport Field, MS, 12 Feb 1944; Keesler Field, MS, 15 Apr 1944; Camp Stoneman, CA, 20 Apr 1944; (ground echelon); Fairfield Suisun AAF, CA, 6 May 1944 (air echelon); San Francisco Port of embarkation, 30 Apr 1944 (ground echelon); Australia, 28 May 1944 (ground echelon); 6 Jul 1944 (air echelon); New Guinea, 3 Jun 1944 (ground echelon), apparently all echelons were back together by 28 Jul 1944; Biak Island, 5 Sep 1944; Morotai, 10 Oct 1944; Clark Field, Philippine Islands, 16 Sep 1945; Kadena Field, (later, Kadena AFB), Okinawa, 31 Mar 1947; Clark AFB, Philippines, 4 May 1950; Wheeler AFB, Territory of Hawaii, 7 Nov 1955-24 Jun 1958. F. E. Warren AFB, WY, 6 Jan 2015-. Service Streamers. None. Campaign Streamers. World War II: Leyte; Luzon; New Guinea; Southern Philippines. Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None. Decorations. Presidential Unit Citations: Celebes and Molucca Islands, 1 to 15 April 1945; Southwest Pacific, 12 Jun-4 Jul 1945. Philippine Presidential Unit Citations (WWII). Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 15 May 2015. Emblem. None on file. Group may design and request approval of an emblem in accordance with AFI 84-105, chapter 3. Prepared by Daniel L. Haulman. Reviewed by Carl E. Bailey.