72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron

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72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
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Active 1969–1988; after 2009
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Type Expeditionary
Role Air Support Operations
Size Squadron
Part of 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group
Garrison/HQ somewhere in the Middle East
Motto(s) Extremum Vigilate Latin [1]
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award [1]
Insignia
72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved 24 May 1977) [1] 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG

The United States Air Force's 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at an undisclosed location in the Middle East. The 72d provides tactical command and control of airpower assets for the Joint Forces Air Component Commander in support of the Joint Forces Land Component Commander in combat operations.

United States Air Force Air and space warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

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History

Tactical Air Command

The squadron was first activated in June 1969 at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, when Tactical Air Command organized separate units for its mobile Combat Reporting Posts. It drew its personnel and equipment from its parent squadron, the 4465th Tactical Control Squadron, which continued to operate a Combat Reporting Center. In October, the 4465th was inactivated and transferred its mission, personnel and equipment to the 726th Tactical Control Squadron, which was simultaneously activated. [2] The flight continued this mission from several bases in the eastern United States until inactivating in March 1988. [1]

Squadron (aviation) unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews

A squadron in air force, army aviation, or naval aviation is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force. Land based squadrons equipped with heavier type aircraft such as long-range bombers, or cargo aircraft, or air refueling tankers have around 12 aircraft as a typical authorization, while most land-based fighter equipped units have an authorized number of 18 to 24 aircraft.

Tactical Air Command 1947-1992 United States Air Force major command responsible for tactical fighter, attack, reconnaissance and other aircraft

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992 and its personnel and equipment absorbed by Air Combat Command (ACC).

Expeditionary unit

In February 2009, the flight was renamed the 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, converted to provisional status, and assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed. [1]

Air Combat Command Major command of the United States Air Force responsible for air and cyber forces

Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of ten Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command. Air Combat Command is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, United States.

Lineage

Activated on 25 June 1969
Inactivated on 31 March 1988

Assignments

Stations

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Robertson, Patsy (May 18, 2017). "Factsheet 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ See Mueller, p. 257

Bibliography

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