633rd SPS (PACAF): Lineage, Honors and History.

Vietnam
Lineage and Honors History
of the
633rd SPS (PACAF)
PLEIKU AB, SVN, 633rd SPS, 8 Jun 1966-15 Mar 1970

633rd Security Police Squadron (PACAF) LINEAGE.

Constituted 6254th Air Police Squadron, activated Apr 1965.
Inactivated 8 Apr 1966.
Constituted 633d Air Police Squadron, activated on 17 Apr 1966.
Organized on 8 Jun 1966.
Redesignated 633rd Security Police Squadron, on 15 May 1967.
Inactivated on 15 Mar 1970.
Activated on 1 Oct 1989.

ASSIGNMENTS.

633d Air Base Wing (PACAF) (later, 633d Air Base Wing), 8 Apr 1966-28 Mar 1973.

Served Seventh Air Force (Pacific Air Forces) in a combat role at Pleiku AB, South Vietnam. Phased down for inactivation, 15 Mar 1970. Conducted normal security police activities plus concentrated Air base defense.

Pacific Air Forces, 17 May 1966;
633d Air Base Wing, 8 Jun 1966-15 Mar 1970.
633d Air Base Wing, 1 Oct 1989-

STATIONS.

Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam, 8 Jun 1966-15 Mar 1970.
Andersen AB, Guam, 1 Oct 1989---.

HONORS. SERVICE STREAMERS. Nine campaign streamers and three decorations.

The Vietnam Service Streamer, a unit award analogous to the award of the medal and ribbon for the individual. is identical to the ribbon in design and color. A United States Air Force (USAF) unit qualified for the Vietnam Service Streamer if it was based in South Vietnam at any time between 1 July 1958 and 14 November, or 29 January through 28 March 1973.* A unit based during these same periods in Thailand and flying missions into or over Vietnam also received the Vietnam Service Streamer. Nonpaying combat support units based in Thailand at any time between 1 July 1958 and 28 March 1973 are also entitled to the service streamer.
* Units earned the appropriate campaign streamers between 15 November 1961 and 28 January 1973.

CAMPAIGN STREAMERS.

A Campaign Streamer is a Vietnam Service Streamer with the name and dates of the campaign embroidered on it. With one exception, the Vietnam Air-Ground Campaign, a unit qualified for a campaign streamer if it was based in Vietnam or engaged in combat in Southeast Asia during the period of a designated campaign.

VIETNAM WAR

Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam, 8 Jun 1966-15 Mar 1970.

Vietnam Defense
Vietnam Air Offensive, 1966-1967
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II, 1967-1968
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III, 1968

Vietnam Air/Ground 1968
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV, 1968-1969
TET 69/Counter-Offensive, 1969
Vietnam Summer-Fall, 1969
Vietnam Winter-Spring, 1969-1970

ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMERS. None.

DECORATIONS.

Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device:

[8 Jun] 1966-30 Apr 1967;
15 Jul 1968-31 May 1969.

Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Crosses with Palm

South Vietnam, 2 Apr-2 Sep 1967

[8 Jun] 1966-15 Mar 1970.

MOTTO: ARC LIGHT DEFENDERS

EMBLEM. 633rd Security Police Squadron.

UNIT EMBLEM: None on file.

633rd Security Police Squadron may design and request approval of an emblem in accordance with AFR-900-3.

The 633rd SPS did not have a distinctive emblem until 1991 (see above), which incorporates its SEA heritage (See Flash/Patch).

SIGNIFICANCE: Blue and yellow are the Air Force colors. Ultramarine blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence of personnel. The eagle represents military preparedness and the vigilance of the Squadron's combat-proven Air Base ground defense forces. The crossed pistols signify the unit's heritage of military police service. The yellow, red and green bar represents the Vietnam campaign ribbon. The bar with one silver and three bronze stars reflects the nine campaigns in which the Squadron participated during the Vietnam War.

CABLE NUMBERS OF COLORS:

FULL

Ultramarine Blue	67118 (AF Ultramarine)
Air Force Yellow	67103
Scarlet	67111
Gold Brown	67194
Irish Green	67189
White	67101

SUBDUED

Flag Blue	67124 (Reflex Blue)
Black	67138 (113)
Garnet	67158 (200)
Spruce Green	67130 (471)
Olive Drab	67133 (348)
Olive Drab	67133

PREPARED. 11 Sep 1989.

SUPERSEDES. N/A.

APPROVED BY R. CARGILL HALL, Chief, Research Division.