Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers

RED HORSE
RED HORSE emblem
Active1965-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleCombat Engineering
Insignia
Red ball cap worn by RED HORSE units with RED HORSE emblem imprinted with the unit's designation on the dozer blade
An airman with the 820th RED HORSE Squadron ensures a block is level at a high school construction site in Belize, 2014
A RED HORSE airman (left) and a Seabee construct building frames at a primary school as part of a joint military construction team supporting Pacific Partnership 2015
Air Force paratroopers with the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Airborne Flight conduct airborne insertion training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 2012
Heavy equipment operators from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron operate vibratory rollers to compact material under the runway at Seguin Auxiliary Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, 2014

Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) squadrons are the United States Air Force's heavy-construction units. Their combat engineering capabilities are similar to those of the U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S. Army heavy-construction organizations.[1]

  1. ^ "Factsheets : RED HORSE history". Afcesa.af.mil. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.