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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	8th Special Operations Squadron
rdfs:comment	The 8th Special Operations Squadron (8 SOS) is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The squadron is equipped with the CV-22 Osprey in support of special operations.
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Garrison	Hurlburt Field, Florida
command structure	35
Role	Special Operations
identification symbol	125
identification symbol label	8
Caption	8
Dates	--06-21
Unit Name	8
Battles	*World War II *Operation Enduring Freedom *Operation Iraqi Freedom *Korean War *Operation Desert Storm *Vietnam War *World War I *Operation Assured Response *Operation Deny Flight *Operation Desert Shield *Operation Eagle Claw *Operation Just Cause *Operation Provide Promise *Operation Southern Watch *Operation Urgent Fury
decorations	200
equipment label	Fuselage Code
Size	Squadron
abstract	The 8th Special Operations Squadron (8 SOS) is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The squadron is equipped with the CV-22 Osprey in support of special operations. The 8 SOS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, being organized as the 8th Aero Squadron on 21 June 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I, equipped with United States-built Dayton-Wright DH-4, being used as reconnaissance aircraft. During World War II, the squadron fought in the Southwest Pacific Area with Fifth Air Force as an attack and later B-25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron. During the Cold War, it fought in the Korean War with B-26 Invader medium bombers and Vietnam War as a B-57 Canberra medium bomber and later as an Air Commando squadron with A-37 Dragonfly counter-insurgency aircraft.