201st Combat Communications Group

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201st Combat Communications Group
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Active1967 – 2013
CountryUnited States
AllegianceState of Hawaii
Branch United States Air Force
TypeCombat Communications
RoleCommand and Control
Part ofHawaii ANG
Garrison/HQ Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col Joseph A. Garnett (final commander) [1]

The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG) was a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA. The 201 CCG was composed of a group headquarters and five assigned units located on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai.

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Mission

The 201st CCG's mission was to provide tactical communications and air traffic services in the defense and service of the United States of America and its allies. [1] It also supports emergency United States Air Force requirements for air traffic control and communications facilities, as well as to provide tactical communications for the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, in response to emergencies originating from either human or natural causes. [2]

History

Emblem

Azure, a lightning bolt bendwise or garnished gules between a pattern of six mullets of five points of varying sizes argent and in dexter base a silhouetted Hawaiian warrior brown fimbriated of the second, all within a diminished bordure of the like. [1]

Previous designations

Squadrons previously assigned

Bases stationed

Decorations

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "USAF FOIA Request 200900717F", 29 May 2009
  2. "Hawaii ANG: 201st CCG". Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
  3. Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN   1-85780-197-0
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 USAF FOIA Request 200900717F; 29 May 2009