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Military unit

The United States Air Force's 202d RED HORSE squadron (202 RHS) is a civil engineering unit of the Florida Air National Guard located at Camp Blanding, Florida.

The acronym RED HORSE is derived from "Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers" and are a key element of the capabilities of the broader USAF civil engineering community. If mobilized to active duty with the U.S.

Air Force, the squadron is operationally-gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC).

Mission

• The mission of the 202 RHS is to provide a highly mobile, rapidly deployable, USAF civil engineering force that is self-sufficient for worldwide deployment to execute heavy damage repair of facilities, utility systems and aircraft launch and recovery ranging from established major air bases to austere forward operating bases (FOB).^[1][2]

History

• January 1985 - 202nd RED HORSE Squadron activated at Camp Blanding, Florida.
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