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...I know we were in Ramstein from 67-72 and during that time he was in the 7th SOS.
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The 7th Special Operations Squadron was originally constituted as the 7th Air Commando Squadron, Composite, and activated, on 14 May 1964 under United States Air Forces in Europe, and organized on
1 July 1964 at Sembach AB, Germany. It operated the C–47 (1964–1973); C–123 (1964–c. 1973) and U–10 (1964–1968) aircraft and was tasked with Special operations training. It was reassigned to Seventeenth Air Force, on 1 May 1967.
Redesignated as the 7th Special Operations Squadron on 15 July 1968, it
relocated to Ramstein AB, Germany, on 15 August 1968. The 7th began operating the C–130 that year, until c. 1977 and the UH–1 in 1971 until 1973. The 7th was later reassigned to the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, on 17 November 1972; the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, on 31 January 1973.
Upon its reassignment to the 322nd Tactical Airlift Wing, on
15 March 1973, the squadron relocated to Rhein-Main AB, Germany, on 15 Mar 1973 (but deployed at Incirlik AB, Turkey, from 13 January–18 March 1991 and 6 April–14 May 1991).
It was reassigned to Seventeenth Air Force, on 30 June 1975; to the 601st Tactical Control Wing, on 15 October 1975; to the 7575th Operations Group, on 1 July 1977; and to 2nd Air Division, on 1 March 1983.
The 7th SOS began operating the MC-130 in 1977.
The consolidated 7th SOS was then reassigned to the 39th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery (later, 39th Special Operations) Wing, on 1 February 1987 (attached to Joint Special Operations Task Force, from 13 January–18 March 1991 and from 6 April–14 May 1991); and to the 352d Special Operations Group, on
1 December 1992 (though attached to Joint Special Operations Task Force, from 22 February–22 March 1993), relocating in the process to RAF Alconbury, England (though it deployed at Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 22 February–22 March 1993).
The 7th SOS supported Coalition forces in Southwest Asia from January–March 1991 and later resupplied Kurds in Northern Iraq.
It
relocated to RAF Mildenhall on 12 January 1995 where the 352nd SOG had consolidated all its assigned units
7th has been all over the place.
Richard 