320th Special Tactics Squadron

320th Special Tactics Squadron
	File:320th STS trains for personnel recovery 150710-F-PJ289-190.jpg Squadron personnel training for personnel recovery
Active	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> 1943–1945; 1992–present;
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Special Operations Force
Role	Special Operations
Part of	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Air Force Special Operations Command; 353d Special Operations Group;
Garrison/HQ	Kadena Air Base
Engagements	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> World War II; War in Afghanistan;
Decorations	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation;
Insignia
320th Special Tactics Squadron emblem (approved 9 December 1994)

The 320th Special Tactics Squadron (320th STS) is a Special Tactics unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command, based at Kadena Air Base.

Lineage

Activated on 1 April 1943

Inactivated on 18 December 1945

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Reconstituted and redesignated 320th Special Tactics Squadron on 20 February 1992

Activated on 31 March 1992^[1]

Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics, 1 April 1943
Orlando Fighter Wing, 1 November 1943
XIII Fighter Command, 30 December 1943 (attached to 13th Air Warning Group (Provisional), 24 July–14 November 1944; under operational control of 85th Fighter Wing, 1 April–1 June 1945)
85th Fighter Wing, 15 June 1945 (under operational control of Thirteenth Air Force, 15 June–14 July 1945)
XIII Fighter Command, October 1945
XIII Bomber Command, 2 November 1945
Unknown, 30 November–18 December 1945
720th Special Tactics Group, 31 March 1992
353d Special Operations Group, 1 January 1993–present^[1]

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