82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron

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82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
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A controller with the 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operatrions Squadron calls in an air strike during an exercise
Active 1969–1988; by 2014–unknown
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 Camp Buehring
Motto(s) Anywhere Anytime [1]
Engagements Global War on Terrorism [1]
Decorations Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award [1]
Insignia
82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved a5 September 1977, revised 3 November 2010) [1] 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.jpg

The 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit located at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The squadron was first organized in 1969 as the 82d Tactical Control Flight, an element of the Tactical Air Control System. It was inactivated in 1988, but was converted to provisional status in 2009 and has since served in the Global War on Terror.

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Camp Buehring

Camp Buehring is a staging post for US troops in the northwestern region of Kuwait. From its founding in January 2003 to present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq, as well as the primary location for the Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. The areas surrounding Camp Buehring, known as the Udairi Range Complex, is largely uninhabited, except for a few nomadic Bedouin tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep. Camp New York is nearby, in the same Udairi Range Complex as well.

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Mission

The 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets for the Joint Forces Air Component Commander in support of the Joint Forces Commander in combat operations.

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.

Command and control or C2 is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... [that] employs human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or enterprise, according to a 2015 definition by military scientists Marius Vassiliou, David S. Alberts and Jonathan R. Agre, The term often refers to a military system.

History

Lineage

Activated on 25 June 1969
Inactivated on 31 March 1988
Activated by July 2010 [2]

Assignments

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

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368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group, by July 2010
386th Air Expeditionary Wing, c. 18 December 2011 [3]

Stations

McConnell Air Force Base airport

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Camp Victory

Camp Victory was the primary component of the Victory Base Complex (VBC) which occupied the area surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq, was located on Camp Victory. Camp Victory itself lay approximately 5 kilometers from BIAP.

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haulman, Daniel (July 21, 2017). "Factsheet 82 Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Maj Trevor (July 20, 2010). "Army air support relies on 368th Airmen" (PDF). Vol. V (Issue 20). Victory Times. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jackson, MSG Kerry (22 December 2011). "Air expeditionary units inactivate after last Airmen leave Iraq". 321st Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2017.(inactivation of 368th Group)
  4. ↑ A press release for an April 2016 Change of Command ceremony gives this as the location.

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