202d RED HORSE Squadron
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The United States Air Force
's 202d RED HORSE squadron is a Air National Guard unit located at Camp Blanding
, Florida
. RED HORSE is an Acronyms formed from "Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers"
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
's 202d RED HORSE squadron is a Air National Guard unit located at Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center is the primary military reservation and training base for the Florida National Guard, both the Florida Army National Guard and certain non-flying activities of the Florida Air National Guard. The installation is located in Clay County, Florida near the city of...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. RED HORSE is an Acronyms formed from "Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers"
- January 1985, the Air National Guard activated 202d RED HORSE Squadron at Camp Blanding, Florida.
- Spring 1998 the 202d helped defeat wildfires in Florida.
- In 2004, 202d and the 203d responded and provided assistance after three disastrous hurricanes, Charley, Frances, Ivan.