List of United States Air Force civil engineering squadrons explained

The United States Air Force maintains a number of civil engineering units in the form of United States Air Force civil engineering squadrons. In wartime, they provide for the rapid repair of damage to airfields and other critical facilities. In peacetime, they maintain and construct bases for the air force to operate out of.^[1]

Some of these units are organized as Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) and others as Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (PRIME BEEF) units.

List

Prime BEEF Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Note
577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron
777th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron
877th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron
RED HORSE Units^[2]
Squadron	Shield	Location	Note
			Reserve
			Reserve
			Reserve
			Reserve
			Reserve
			Reserve^[3]

See also

• List of United States Air Force squadrons

Notes and References

1. Web site: LEADING THE WAY . 13 October 2019.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110621234955/http://www.afcesa.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090227-119.pdf . 2011-06-21 .
3. https://archive.today/20130308172138/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123335338 Reserve RED HORSE Squadron to be activated at Beale