Other roles: The 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne) [12th SFG(A)] traces its lineage from the 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, First Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a joint Canadian-American special operations unit from World War II.

Activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana.

Reconstituted 15 April 1960 in Regular Army; concurrently, consolidated with Company C, 2d Infantry Battalion and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces.

Group activated 24 March 1961 with headquarters at Chicago, Illinois.

Elements Located at Richards-Gebaur AFB in Kansas City, Missouri in 1978–80, Northern California (Hamilton AFB), and San Diego, California (Van Deman Hall – USAR).