Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - E mafai ona toe saʻilia ona aʻa i le "21st Pursuit Squadron", lea na faagaoioia i le aso 1 Fepuari 1940 i Moffett Field, Kalefonia. Na auai i le taua i le motu o Filipaina, mai le 8 Tesema 1941. Na fa'aleaogaina i le aso 2 Aperila 1946, mulimuli ane fa'aolaina e avea ma "21st Helicopter Squadron", ma toe fa'aleaogaina. Ona faʻagaoioia lea mo le taua a Vietnam i le aso 30 o Iuni 1967, na tofia i le Tactical Air Command, mulimuli ane toe faʻaigoaina o le "21st Special Operations Squadron" i le aso 1 o Aukuso 1968. Na auai le vaega lea i le Faʻagaioiga o le Matagi Faʻatele, ma le faʻalavelave i Mayaguez
. I le faaopoopo atu i ana tiute tau, ua auai le iunite i le tele o gaoioiga fesoasoani agaalofa.