318th Operations Support Squadron

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318th Operations Support Squadron
Active1942–1944; 2011-present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
TypeInformation operations support
Part of Air Force Space Command
Garrison/HQ Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Nickname(s)Nighthawks
Motto(s)"Swoop, Strike, Kill."
ColorsBlue, Black, White
Mascot(s)Knighthawk
Insignia
318th Operations Support Squadron emblem 318th operations support sq emblem.jpg

The United States Air Force's 318th Operations Support Squadron is an operations support squadron located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

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Mission

The mission of the 318th Squadron is to "Deliver relevant, validated, tactics, intelligence, and synchronized capabilities to cyberspace warfighters while providing mission support throughout the 688th Cyberspace Wing."[ clarification needed ]

History

The squadron was first activated at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina on 1 May 1943 as the 318th Airdrome Squadron. [1] The squadron provided support to the 309th Bombardment Group, a Replacement Training Unit that trained replacement aircrews using B-25 Mitchell aircraft. [2] However, the AAF was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were proving less well adapted to performing the training and support missions. Accordingly, a more functional system was adopted in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit. [3] As a result, in 1944, the squadron was disbanded and merged into the 329th Army Air Force Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Medium, Bombardment). [4]

The squadron was reactivated in 2011, replacing the 23d Information Operations Squadron as the support organization for the 318th Information Operations Group. [5]

Lineage

Assignments

Stations

Campaigns

Campaign StreamerCampaignDatesNotes
Streamer AC.PNG American Theater without inscription1 May 1943 – 1 May 1944318th Airdrome Squadron [7]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Abstract, History 318 Airdrome Squadron May-Sep 1943". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. Maurer, p. 184
  3. Goss, p. 75
  4. "Abstract, History of Columbia AAB Apr-Jun 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, December 2011, Maxwell AFB, AL
  6. "Factsheet 688th Cyberspace Wing". 688th Cyberspace Wing Commander's Action Group. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. Awarded for one year service in the Continental United States

Bibliography

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