605th Special Operations Squadron

The squadron was first active during World War II as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando. After training in the United States the squadron moved to the China Burma India Theater, where it served in combat until the surrender of Japan. The squadron returned to the United States where it was inactivated in November 1945. The squadron was activated again in October 1963 as the United States expanded its special operations units and was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, where it trained units of various Latin American air forces until it was inactivated in late 1972. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando on 9 August 1944 : Activated on 1 September 1944 : Inactivated on 3 November 1945 • Disbanded on 8 October 1948 : Redesignated 605th Special Operations Squadron on 1 August 1968 : Inactivated on 30 April 1972 Stations • Asansol, Bihar, India, 1 September 1944 • one detachment operated from Cox's Bazar, Bengal, India, 15–21 Oct 1944, and another from Fenny Airfield, Bengal, India, 8–30 Nov 1944) • Fenny Airfield, Bengal, India, 28 December 1944; • Hay, India, 7 February 1945 • Asansol, Bihar, India, 13 May 1945 • Kalaikunda Air Force Station, Bengal, India, 23 May 1945 • Asansol, Bihar, India, 22 June 1945 – 6 October 1945 • Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1 November 1945 – 3 November 1945. • Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone 15 November 1963 – 30 April 1972 Aircraft • Helio U-10 Courier • Douglas A-26K Invader • Douglas C-47 Skytrain • North American T-28 Trojan • North American P-51 Mustang (1945) • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1944–1945) • Curtiss C-46 Commando ==References==