Did you know the Air Force’s Heavy Construction Units were not always known as RED HORSE?

Do you know all the RED HORSE Units? Click read more to see the list.

Silver Flag Training Sites provide specialized training for engineers.

Did you know there has always been a wartime Group to coordinate theater construction?

Half of the first Air National Guard RED HORSE Squadron.

This new 200th RHS Detachment 1 now brings a Air National Guard RED HORSE Squadron-detachment combinmations within a single state.

As the active duty squadrons decreased in number at the end of the Vietnam War, RED HORSE capability expanded to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.  The 307th RHS was originally organized in July 1971.  Detachments 307 and 308 were located at Ellington AFB,...

The 555th, one of the original RED HORSE units and the second squadron to arrive in Vietnam, was headquartered at Cam Ranh Bay from February 1966 to early 1970.  The unit completed much of the troop housing, roads, and utilities on the base.  The 555th constructed...

The 556th was constituted 3 February 1966.  Following training at Forbes AFB, KS, the unit deployed to U Tapao AB, Thailand, on 30 June 1966.  In addition to the main unit at U Tapao, the 556th also established detachments at five other Thai bases. With the exception...

The 557th activated on 5 February 1968, organized on 10 February 1968, and deployed to Osan AB, Korea, in April 1968 to assist in the buildup resulting from seizure of the USS Pueblo.  The unit had a permanent change of station to Osan AB effective 30 August 1968....

The 560th was activated at Eglin AFB, FL, in November 1966.  Also known as the Civil Engineering Field Activities Center, the unit was responsible for training replacement personnel destined for RED HORSE units in Southeast Asia.  The 560th was capable of field...

The 819th was originally activated as the 819th Installations Squadron at Abilene, Texas (later Dyess AFB) on 15 June 1956. On 1 July 1960 it was redesignated as the 819th Civil Engineering Squadron. The unit was inactivated at Dyess on 25 June 1961. On 12 January...

The 820th RHS was constituted as the 820th Installations Squadron at Plattsburgh AFB, N.Y., on 1 Jun 1956, and assigned to the 820th Air Base Group, Strategic Air Command.  It was inactivated on 1 January 1960, but was activated again on 7 February 1961, organized on...

During Vietnam, the 823d Civil Engineering Squadron (Heavy Repair) was activated on 6 April 1966 and organized on 15 May 1966.  When the 823rd arrived at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, in 1966 it reorganized into four self-sufficient units to complete urgently needed...

Did you know the Air Force’s Heavy Construction Units were not always known as RED HORSE?

Do you know all the RED HORSE Units? Click read more to see the list.

Silver Flag Training Sites provide specialized training for engineers.

Did you know there has always been a wartime Group to coordinate theater construction?

Half of the first Air National Guard RED HORSE Squadron.

This new 200th RHS Detachment 1 now brings a Air National Guard RED HORSE Squadron-detachment combinmations within a single state.

As the active duty squadrons decreased in number at the end of the Vietnam War, RED HORSE capability expanded to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.  The 307th RHS was originally organized in July 1971.  Detachments 307 and 308 were located at Ellington AFB,...

The 555th, one of the original RED HORSE units and the second squadron to arrive in Vietnam, was headquartered at Cam Ranh Bay from February 1966 to early 1970.  The unit completed much of the troop housing, roads, and utilities on the base.  The 555th constructed...

The 556th was constituted 3 February 1966.  Following training at Forbes AFB, KS, the unit deployed to U Tapao AB, Thailand, on 30 June 1966.  In addition to the main unit at U Tapao, the 556th also established detachments at five other Thai bases. With the exception...

The 557th activated on 5 February 1968, organized on 10 February 1968, and deployed to Osan AB, Korea, in April 1968 to assist in the buildup resulting from seizure of the USS Pueblo.  The unit had a permanent change of station to Osan AB effective 30 August 1968....

The 560th was activated at Eglin AFB, FL, in November 1966.  Also known as the Civil Engineering Field Activities Center, the unit was responsible for training replacement personnel destined for RED HORSE units in Southeast Asia.  The 560th was capable of field...

The 819th was originally activated as the 819th Installations Squadron at Abilene, Texas (later Dyess AFB) on 15 June 1956. On 1 July 1960 it was redesignated as the 819th Civil Engineering Squadron. The unit was inactivated at Dyess on 25 June 1961. On 12 January...

The 820th RHS was constituted as the 820th Installations Squadron at Plattsburgh AFB, N.Y., on 1 Jun 1956, and assigned to the 820th Air Base Group, Strategic Air Command.  It was inactivated on 1 January 1960, but was activated again on 7 February 1961, organized on...

During Vietnam, the 823d Civil Engineering Squadron (Heavy Repair) was activated on 6 April 1966 and organized on 15 May 1966.  When the 823rd arrived at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, in 1966 it reorganized into four self-sufficient units to complete urgently needed...