7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
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379th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time....
at Al Udeid Air Base
Al Udeid Air Base
Al Udeid Air Base is a military base west of Doha, Qatar. It houses foreign coalition personnel and assets. It is host to a forward headquarters of United States Central Command, headquarters of United States Air Forces Central Command, and home to both No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF and the...
, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
. It operates the E-8 Joint STARS
E-8 Joint STARS
The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System is a battle management and command and control aircraft of the United States Air Force...
aircraft, conducting airborne command and control missions.
History
The 7th ferried lend-lease aircraft to AlaskaAlaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
for turnover to Soviets from, June 1942–March 1944. It conducted aerial transportation in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 13 December 1944–September 1945.
Restablished in 1952 as a Headquarters. Air Force Logistics Command-controlled logistics squadron. It's mission was to provide world-wide airlift of nuclear weapons and related equipment, with a secondary mission to airlift other Department of Defense cargo as required when space was available. The squadron also provided airlift support during Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War...
from, 17 –28 October 1962. Inactivated in 1965 with inactivation of storage sites.
Became a Military Air Transport Service (later Military Airlift Command) C-124 Globemaster II strategic transport squadron flying worldwide airlift operations. Inactivated with retirement of C-124 in 1966. Reactivated in 1968 and provided airborne combat command and control in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
from, 1 March 1968–15 August 1973and controlled airborne forces during the recovery of the SS Mayagüez
SS Mayagüez
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War....
in May 1975, in Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
from, 23 October–21 November 1983, in Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
from, December 1989–January 1992, and in Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...
from, 1 September 1990–16 March 1991.
Lineage
- Constituted 7th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942
- Activated on 24 Mar 1942
- Redesignated 7th Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943
- Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944
- Reconstituted on 19 Sept 1985
- Consolidated (19 Sept 1985) with: 7th Combat Cargo Squadron
- Constituted on 25 Apr 1944
- Activated on 1 May 1944
- Inactivated on 15 Jan 1946
- Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948
- Reconstituted on 19 Sept 1985 as 7th Air Transport Squadron, Special
- Constituted 7th Logistics Support Squadron on 22 Jun 1954
- Activated on 18 Oct 1954
- Redesignated 7th Air Transport Squadron, Special, on 1 Jul 1964
- Discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 Jan 1966
- Constituted as 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and activated, on 13 Feb 1968
- Organized on 1 Mar 1968
- Inactivated on 1 October 1988.
- Redesignated 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron and converted to provisional status on 4 December 2001
Assignments
- North West Sector, Ferrying Command (later, 7th Ferrying Group), 18 Feb 1942–1 Apr 1944
- 2d Combat Cargo Group, 1 May 1944–15 Jan 1946
- Warner Robins Air Materiel Area, 18 Oct 1954
- 3079th Aviation Depot Wing3079th Aviation Depot WingThe 3079th Aviation Depot Wing, Air Material Command, United States Air Force, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was a WMD unit of key strategic importance and special weapons storage wing active until 1962....
, 6 Feb 1955 - 39th Logistics Support Group, 1 Jul 1962
- 62d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jul 1963
- 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jul 1964–8 Jan 1966
- Pacific Air Forces, 13 Feb 1968
- Seventh Air ForceSeventh Air ForceThe Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....
, 1 Mar 1968 - 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 31 Oct 1968
- Attached to Seventh Air ForceSeventh Air ForceThe Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....
, 31 Oct 1968–- 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 Apr 1972
- Remained attached to Seventh Air ForceSeventh Air ForceThe Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....
to 15 Aug 1973 - Attached to US Support Activities Group/Seventh Air Force, 15 Aug 1973–c. 21 May 1974
- 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, 22 May 1974
- Attached to Thirteenth Air ForceThirteenth Air ForceThe Thirteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. 13 AF has never been stationed in the continental United States...
, 22 May 1974–- 3d Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 Mar 1975
- Remained attached to Thirteenth Air ForceThirteenth Air ForceThe Thirteenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. 13 AF has never been stationed in the continental United States...
to 14 Aug 1975- 507th Tactical Air Control Group, 14 Aug 1975
- 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division), 1 Oct 1976
- 28th Air Division, 1 Apr 1985
- Attached to Air Division Provisional, 15, 5 Dec 1990–c. 16 Mar 1991
- 552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992
- 55th Operations Group55th Operations GroupThe 55th Operations Group is a component of the 55th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Offut Air Force Base, Nebraska....
, 19 Jul 1994–1 Oct 1988 - Air Combat CommandAir Combat CommandAir Combat Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. ACC is one of ten major commands , reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force ....
to activate or inactivate any time after 4 December 2001
- Attached to: 379th Air Expeditionary Wing379th Air Expeditionary WingThe 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time....
, Undetermined dates
Stations
- Seattle Airport, Washington, 24 Mar 1942
- Gore Army Airfield, Montana, 22 Jun 1942–1 Apr 1944
- Syracuse Army Airbase, New York, 1 May 1944
- Baer Field, Indiana, 7–27 Oct 1944
- Mokmer Airfield, BiakBiakBiak features a tropical rainforest climate with nearly identical temperatures throughout the course of the year. The average annual temperature in the city is 27 degrees celsius, which is also generally the average temperature of each day in Biak...
, Netherlands East Indies, 11 Nov 1944 - Dulag AirfieldDulag AirfieldDulag Airfield is a World War II airfield located near Dulag in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It was closed after the war.-History:The airfield was built by the Japanese during the Occupation of the Philippines in 1943...
, Dulag, Philippine Islands, May 1945 - Okinawa, 19 Aug 1945
- Yokota AB, Japan, 22 Sept 1945–15 Jan 1946
- Robins AFB, Georgia, 19 Oct 1954–8 Jan 1966
- Da Nang AB, South Vietnam
- Operated from Udorn RTAFB, Thailand), 1 Mar 1968
- Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, 31 Oct 1968
- Korat RTAFB, Thailand, 15 Apr 1972
- Clark AB, Philippines, 22 May 1974–14 Aug 1975
- Keesler AFB, Mississippi 14 Aug 1975
- Deployed at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1–25 Sept 1991
- Deployed at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 25 Sept 1990–16 Mar 1991
- Offutt AFB, NE, 19 Jul 1994–1 Oct 1998
- Al Udeid Air BaseAl Udeid Air BaseAl Udeid Air Base is a military base west of Doha, Qatar. It houses foreign coalition personnel and assets. It is host to a forward headquarters of United States Central Command, headquarters of United States Air Forces Central Command, and home to both No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF and the...
, Qatar, 19 Mar 2008-present (E-8C JSTARS deployed since Nov 2001)
Aircraft
- C-47 SkytrainC-47 SkytrainThe Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...
(1944–1945) - C-46 CommandoC-46 CommandoThe Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C...
(1944–1945) - C-124 Globemaster IIC-124 Globemaster IIThe Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shakey", was a heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California....
(1954–1966) - EC-130 ABCCCLockheed EC-130The Lockheed Martin EC-130 series comprises several slightly different versions of the C-130 that have been and continue to be operated by the U.S. Air Force and, until the 1990s, the U.S...
(1968–1998) - E-8C JSTARSE-8 Joint STARSThe Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System is a battle management and command and control aircraft of the United States Air Force...
(??? - Present)
Operations
- World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
- Operation Urgent Fury
- Operation Just Cause
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation Enduring Freedom