9th Air Support Operations Squadron

The United States Air Force's 9th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at Fort Hood, Texas.[1] The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.

9th Air Support Operations Squadron
Active1942–1945; 1994–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleExpeditionary Air Support Operations
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQFort Hood, Texas
EngagementsSouthwest Pacific Theater[1]
DecorationsAir Force Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation[1]
Insignia
9th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem[note 1][1]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 9th Communications Squadron, Air Support, on 10 August 1942
Activated on 21 August 1942
Redesignated 9th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 9th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 9th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 28 November 1945
  • Disbanded on 8 October 1948
  • Reconstituted and redesignated 9th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994
Activated on 1 July 1994[1]

Assignments

Stations

  • Mitchel Field, New York, 21 August 1942
  • Morris Field, North Carolina, 7 November 1942
  • Esler Field, Louisiana, 24 January 1943
  • William Northern Field, Tennessee, c. 2 April 1943
  • Lebanon Army Air Field, Tennessee, 8 April 1943
  • Morris Field, North Carolina, 10 June – 22 October 1943
  • Sydney, Australia, 21 November 1943
  • Brisbane, Australia, 27 November 1943
  • Nadzab, [Papua] New Guinea, 17 March 1944
  • Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 1 April – 28 November 1945
  • Fort Hood, Texas, 1 July 1994 – present[1]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. Approved 18 April 1997.
Citations
  1. Dollman, TSG David (March 27, 2017). "Factsheet 9 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

Bibliography

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