List of United States Air Force air support operations squadrons

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List of United States Air Force air support operations squadrons identifies all air support operations squadrons in the United States Air Force. ASOS squadrons are made up of Tactical Air Control Party airmen, Air Liaison Officers and other support airmen.

Air Support Operations Squadrons
SquadronShieldLocationSupported Unit
1st Air Support Operations Squadron
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Wiesbaden, Germany 1st Armored Division
2d Air Support Operations Squadron
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Vilseck, Germany 2d Cavalry Regiment & 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team
3d Air Support Operations Squadron
3d Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Fort Wainwright, Alaska 25th Infantry Division [1]
4th Air Support Operations Squadron (inactive)
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Mannheim, Germany 1st Armored Division
5th Air Support Operations Squadron
5th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Lewis, Washington 2d Infantry Division
7th Air Support Operations Squadron
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Fort Bliss, Texas 1st Armored Division
Det 1, 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron
2d Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Aviano AB, Italy 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team [2]
9th Air Support Operations Squadron
9th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Hood, Texas 1st Cavalry Division
10th Air Support Operations Squadron
10th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Riley, Kansas 1st Infantry Division
11th Air Support Operations Squadron (inactivated)
11th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Hood, Texas 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment [3]
13th Air Support Operations Squadron
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Fort Carson, Colorado 4th Infantry Division
14th Air Support Operations Squadron
14th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Pope Field, North Carolina 82d Airborne Division
15th Air Support Operations Squadron
15th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Stewart, Georgia 3rd Infantry Division
16th Air Support Operations Squadron (Inactivated)
16TH AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS SQUADRON.jpg
Fort Richardson, Alaska 25th Infantry Division
17th Special Tactics Squadron
17th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Benning, Georgia
19th Air Support Operations Squadron
19th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Campbell, Kentucky 101st Airborne Division
20th Air Support Operations Squadron
20th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Drum, New York 10th Mountain Division
21st Air Support Operations Squadron
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Fort Polk, Louisiana (inactivated) now Det.1, 20th ASOS
24th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
24th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
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25th Air Support Operations Squadron
25th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Wheeler AAF, Hawaii 25th Infantry Division
72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
75th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
75th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
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84th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
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85th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
111th Air Support Operations Squadron Camp Murray, Washington 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team Washington State Army National Guard
113th Air Support Operations Squadron Terre Haute, Indiana 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Indiana Army National Guard
116th Air Support Operations Squadron Camp Murray, Washington 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team Washington State Army National Guard
118th Air Support Operations Squadron Badin, North Carolina 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team North Carolina Army National Guard [5]
122d Air Support Operations Squadron
122 Air Support Operations Sq emblem.png
Pineville, Louisiana 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Louisiana Army National Guard
124th Air Support Operations Squadron
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Gowen Field, Idaho 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment Idaho Army National Guard
146th Air Support Operations Squadron
146 Air Support Operations Sq emblem.png
Will Rogers ANGB, Oklahoma 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Oklahoma Army National Guard
147th Air Support Operations Squadron Houston, Texas 36th Infantry Division Texas Army National Guard
148th Air Support Operations Squadron
148 Air Support Operations Sq emblem.png
Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania 56th Stryker Brigade, 55th Armor Brigade Pennsylvania Army National Guard
165th Air Support Operations Squadron
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Garden City, Georgia 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Georgia Army National Guard 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Florida Army National Guard

29th Infantry Division

168th Air Support Operations Squadron
168 Air Support Operations Sq emblem.png
Peoria, Illinois 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Illinois Army National Guard
169th Air Support Operations Squadron Peoria, Illinois 34th Infantry Division | Iowa Army National Guard
227th Air Support Operations Squadron Atlantic City, New Jersey 28th Infantry Division Pennsylvania Army National Guard
238th Air Support Operations Squadron
238 Air Support Operations Sq emblem.png
Key Field, Mississippi 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team Mississippi Army National Guard
274th Air Support Operations Squadron
274th Air Support Operations Sq Patch-Official.jpg
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard

27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard

86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Vermont National Guard

284th Air Support Operations Squadron McConnell AFB, Kansas 35th Infantry Division Kansas Army National Guard
604th Air Support Operations Squadron
604th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Camp Humphreys, South Korea 2d Infantry Division
682d Air Support Operations Squadron
682d ASOS Crest.png
Pope AFB, North Carolina XVIII Airborne Corps
712th Air Support Operations Squadron
712th Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
Fort Hood, Texas III Corps (squadron inactivated and reflagged as the 803d Operational Support Squadron on 26 September 2018) [6]
717th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
717th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
730th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
730th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.PNG
807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.jpg
817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.jpg
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