Both were from the 602d Special Operations Squadron.

The 7th Special Operations Squadron was involved in the exercise.

It was redesignated as the 21st Special Operations Squadron on 1 August 1968.

Redesignated as 318th Special Operations Squadron on 16 May 2008.

On 25 October 1967, they were joined by the 22nd Special Operations Squadron.

Inside it with you is a fifty-man detachment of the best ground force this country has to offer, the 7th Special Operations Squadron.

On 1 August 1968, the unit was redesignated the 20th Special Operations Squadron.

The detachment was re-designated as the 318th Special Operations Squadron in the late 1960s.

"This is a great time to be amongst the Special Operations Squadron," Schwartz said.

The 18th returned to action as the 18th Special Operations Squadron 25 Jan. 1969.