162nd Combat Communications Group

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162nd Combat Communications Group
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Active
  • 1944–1946
  • 1948–2015
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Branch Air National Guard
RoleCombat communications

The 162nd Combat Communications Group (officially 162d Combat Communications Group) is an inactive unit, formerly of the California Air National Guard. It was headquartered at North Highlands Air National Guard Station near Sacramento, California.

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Mission

Under its federal mission, the 162nd trained, deployed, operated and maintained tactical communications-electronic facilities, and provided tactical command and control communications services for operational commands supporting Military of the United States wartime contingencies. – Under its federal mission, the group trained, deployed, operated and maintained tactical communications-electronic facilities, and provided tactical command and control communications services for operational commands supporting US military wartime contingencies.

History

The 162nd's history goes back to the 599th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion activated at Drew Field, Florida on 30 March 1944. Shortly thereafter, the unit moved to Oahu, Hawaii. Some of its components saw action in the Marshall and Mariana Islands during World War II. The unit was inactivated on 29 July 1946, but was activated in the National Guard on 13 May 1948 as the 162nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group.

On 1 May 1951 the unit mobilized to serve state side during the Korean War until its inactivation on 6 February 1952. The following year, it returned to the State of California and was redesignated the 162nd Tactical Control Group, stationed at Van Nuys Air National Guard Base. At that time three of the presently assigned units (the 147th, 148th, and 149th) were Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons under the 162nd Group.

On 1 March 1961, the group headquarters moved to North Highlands Air National Guard Station near Sacramento, and was redesignated the 162nd Communications Group (Mobile). By that time the 222nd, 234th, and 261st squadrons had joined the group. In 1966 the group was redesignated again, as the 162nd Mobile Communications Group. This designation they kept until 10 February 1976, when it was given its present designation of 162nd Combat Communications Group.

The group was inactivated on 1 September 2015 and its assets were transferred to the 195th Wing, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. [1]

Lineage

Activated on 30 March 1944
Inactivated on 29 July 1946
Activated on 13 May 1948 and federally recognized
Called to active duty on 1 May 1951
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 1 Feb 1953 [2]
Redesignated 162nd Communications Group (Mobile) on 1 March 1961 [2]
Redesignated 162nd Mobile Communications Group on 16 March 1968 [2]
Redesignated 162nd Combat Communications Group on 1 April 1976 [2]
Redesignated 162nd Combat Information Systems Group on 1 July 1985 [2]
Redesignated 162nd Combat Communications Group on 1 October 1986 [2]
Inactivated on 1 September 2015 [1]

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. 1 2 "162nd Combat Communications Group: A Rich History". 195th Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "USAF Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room: "162nd Combat Communications Group history"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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