The RED HORSE and Prime BEEF Association was formed in 2001 as it was determined there was a need for all USAF Combat Civil Engineers to remain in touch, re-establish old friendships, create new ones, perpetuate our spirit and traditions, represent the interests, provide a fraternal atmosphere, encourage social interaction, develop a scholarship fund and support our members in their time of need.
Our Missionis to increase awareness of the USAF Combat Civil Engineers accomplishments and tradition of excellence past and present during war and peace time with the American populace, preserve our proud heritage, share our legacy and to foster strong and mutually beneficial relationships among government, educational and civic leaders. It is our desire to be a significant force of support towards the USAF CE strategic mission, to be able to contribute to the over all morale and enhance the welfare of our profession.
We are a non-profit, tax exempt, non-commercial professional military association that exists to support, promote and develop the interests of all past, present, Active, AFRC and ANG USAF Combat Civil Engineer professionals.
Membership applications are available on this web site (the second red tab on the top left of this page) or feel free to contact us for more information.
We have created two new web pages that will hopefully keep our members more informed about our Golf Classic and upcoming reunions and get-togethers. The pages are listed below and links are also provided on the main menu to the left of this page.
by Master Sgt. Darrell Habisch
407th Air Expeditionary Group
5/17/2010 - ALI BASE, Iraq (AFNS) -- Members
of the 200th Rapid Engineering Deployable Heavy Operational Repair
Squadron Engineer Squadron have arrived here to draw down the 557th
Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron from Iraq. As they complete the last
construction and engineering projects and pack up their equipment and
materials in the yard, they are part of the last RED HORSE rotation
operating under Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2010.
Several civil engineers currently at Ali Base were part of the original
2005 rotation charged with constructing the infrastructure necessary to
conduct and sustain operations throughout Iraq, including Ali Base.
In 2005, members of the 200th and 201st RED HORSE Squadrons from the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Air National Guard were part of the 557th
Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, which was the first RED HORSE squadron
to stand up in Iraq.
by Staff Sgt. Derrick Spencer
36th Wing Public Affairs
3/5/2010 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE,
Guam -- The 554th Red Horse Squadron here was the first Red Horse
Squadron to become activated in the Air Force, so it's only right it
becomes the first Red Horse Squadron to win the prestigious Robert H.
Curtin Award. Named from the former Air Force director of engineering,
the award was given to the 160 person squadron for "best small civil
engineering unit in the Air Force."
The competition for the award is based on what type of impact a unit has
on its home station, deployed locations and its community involvement.
ARLINGTON, Va., (3/3/10) -- A moment of silence will be observed
today by the 203rd RED HORSE Squadron of the Virginia Air National
Guard to honor the lives of 18 unit members and three Florida Army
Guard aviators, who perished in a military transport crash nine years
ago.
A memorial ceremony is being planned for the unit's next drill on March 21.
The 18 engineers and three Florida aviators from Detachment 1 of the
171st Aviation Battalion, were killed on March 3, 2001, as the 203rd
members were returning home after completing a two-week, military
construction project at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The C-23 Sherpa they were
flying in crashed in a cotton field near Unadilla, Ga.
by Capt. Nathan D. Broshear
12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs
2/22/2010 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Engineers
from the 190th Air Refueling Wing and 184th Intelligence Wing, Kansas
Air National Guard, were conducting a routine survey of the field
adjacent to the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti when they discovered a
group of Airmen had been there before.
While leveling the field, Airmen noticed the words "820 RHS 94 95 96"
on an enormous concrete block. The podium shaped block was so large
engineers driving earthmovers left it in the center of the newly formed
24th Air Expeditionary Group encampment.
"Discovering this was a complete surprise to me," said Col. Dan
Courtois, the 24th Air Expeditionary Group commander. "It's a good
feeling to know we are following in the footsteps of other Airmen who
have helped the people of Haiti."
Home 
