1st Expeditionary Rescue Group

Constituted as 1 Emergency Rescue Squadron on 25 Nov 1943. Activated on 1 Dec 1943. Inactivated on 4 Jun 1946. Redesignated as1 Rescue Squadron on 26 Sep 1946. Activated on 1 Nov 1946. Redesignated as: 1 Air Rescue Squadron on 20 Aug 1950; 1 Air Rescue Group on 14 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 8 Dec 1956. Redesignated as 1 Rescue Group on 31 Mar 1995. Activated on 14 Jun 1995. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1997. Redesignated as 1 Expeditionary Rescue Group, converted to provisional status, and assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 9 Jun 2015.
Emblem approved on 23 Jan 1951.