List of United States Air Force communications squadrons
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The United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 has several variants of squadrons focused on communications.

Air and Space Communications Squadrons (ACOMS)

An Air and Space Communications Squadron is usually assigned to a standard Numbered Air Force (NAF) and supports an Air Operations Center
Air Operations Center
An Air and Space Operations Center is a type of command center used by the United States Air Force. It is the senior agency of the Air Force component commander to provide command and control of air and space operations....

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Squadron Emblem Location Note
56th Air and Space Communications Squadron http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/AirForce/AirForceUnit.aspx?u=6305 Hickam AFB  Part of 613th Air and Space Operations Center13 AF
Thirteenth Air Force
The 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...

. Supports COMPACAF, COMUSPACOM, 613th Air and Space Operations Center
607th Air Communications Squadron Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base , is a United States Air Force facility located in the Songtan section of Pyeongtaek City, South Korea, south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan City, which is to the north. The base is the home of the Pacific Air Forces' 51st Fighter Wing, and a number of tenant...

, South Korea
7 AF
Seventh Air Force
The 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....

/AFKOR KAOC
608th Air Communications Squadron Barksdale AFB  8 AF AOC
Air Operations Center
An Air and Space Operations Center is a type of command center used by the United States Air Force. It is the senior agency of the Air Force component commander to provide command and control of air and space operations....

609th Air Communications Squadron Shaw AFB  Supports USAFCENT CAOC
609th Air and Space Operations Center
The United States Air Force's 609th Air and Space Operations Center is a unit located at Al Udeid AB, Qatar.-History:The 609 AOC was constituted and activated as 609 Air Operations Group on 1 Jan 1994...

611th Air Communications Squadron Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is a United States military facility adjacent to Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It is an amalgamation of the former United States Air Force Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.-Overview:The...

 
Supports Alaska NORAD Region, 11 AF
Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska....

, and 611 AOC
612th Air Communications Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB  12 AF/AFSOUTH CAOC

Communications Squadrons (CS)

Squadron Emblem Location Note
7th Communications Squadron Dyess AFB  See 7th Bomb Wing
7th Bomb Wing
The 7th Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force. It is stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, where it is also the host unit....

10th Communications Squadron  United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...

 
See 10th Air Base Wing
10th Air Base Wing
The 10th Air Base Wing is a non-flying United States Air Force unit that is the host wing for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.-Components:...

21st Communications Squadron Peterson AFB  See 21st Space Wing
21st Space Wing
The 21st Space Wing is a unit of the Air Force Space Command based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The unit is tasked with the operation of early missile warning and space object detection equipment around the world in support of NORAD and USSTRATCOM through a network of command and control...

22d Communications Squadron McConnell AFB  See 22d Air Refueling Wing
22d Air Refueling Wing
The 22d Air Refueling Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas and also functions as the host wing for McConnell AFB....

42d Communications Squadron Maxwell AFB  See 42d Air Base Wing
42d Air Base Wing
The 42nd Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Air University. It is stationed at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama...

51st Communications Squadron Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base
Osan Air Base , is a United States Air Force facility located in the Songtan section of Pyeongtaek City, South Korea, south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan City, which is to the north. The base is the home of the Pacific Air Forces' 51st Fighter Wing, and a number of tenant...

, South Korea
See 51st Fighter Wing
51st Fighter Wing
The 51st Fighter Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Osan Air Base, South Korea.The 51st Fighter Wing is under Pacific Air Forces' Seventh Air Force...

60th Communications Squadron Travis AFB  See 60th Air Mobility Wing
60th Air Mobility Wing
The 60th Air Mobility Wing is the host unit at Travis Air Force Base in California. It is the largest air mobility organization in the United States Air Force and is responsible for strategic airlift and aerial refueling missions around the world...

61st Communications Squadron Los Angeles AFB  See 61st Air Base Wing
61st Air Base Wing
The 61st Air Base Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California....

62d Communications Squadron McChord AFB  See 62d Airlift Wing
62d Airlift Wing
The 62d Airlift Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. It is assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of Air Mobility Command and is active duty host wing on McChord. The wing is composed of more than 7,200 active duty military and civilian...

65th Communications Squadron Lajes Air Base  See 65th Air Base Wing
65th Air Base Wing
The 65th Air Base Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Lajes Air Base, Azores, Portugal.-Mission:The wing provides base and en route support for Department of Defense, allied nations and other authorized aircraft in transit, including those from the Netherlands, Belgium,...

70th Communications Squadron Fort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation that includes the Defense Information School, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Courier Service...

 
88th Communications Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB 
90th Communications Squadron FE Warren AFB 
96th Communications Squadron Eglin AFB  See 96th Air Base Wing
96th Air Base Wing
The 96th Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Air Armament Center. It is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida...

97th Communications Squadron Altus AFB  See 97th Air Mobility Wing
97th Air Mobility Wing
The 97th Air Mobility Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Nineteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The wing is also the host unit at Altus...

100th Communications Squadron RAF Mildenhall
RAF Mildenhall
RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing...

 
355th Communications Squadron Davis Monthan AFB  See 355th Fighter Wing
355th Fighter Wing
The 355th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force. It is stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, where in operates the A-10 Thunderbolt II...

422d Communications Squadron RAF Croughton
RAF Croughton
RAF Croughton is a United States Air Force communications base in Northamptonshire, England, to the southeast of the village of Croughton. The station is home to the 422nd Air Base Group and operates one of Europe's largest military switchboards and processes approximately a third of all U.S...

 
423d Communications Squadron RAF Alconbury
RAF Alconbury
RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys [Great and Little] and located about northwest of Huntingdon; about north of London....

 
633d Communications Squadron Langley AFB 

Expeditionary Communications Squadrons (ECS)

Squadron Emblem Location Note
75th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Cairo West Air Base  Inactive, see Operation Bright Star
Operation Bright Star
Operation Bright Star is a series of biennial combined and joint training exercises led by American and Egyptian forces in Egypt. These exercises began in 1980. They are designed to strengthen ties between the Egyptian and American militaries and demonstrate and enhance the ability of the Americans...

, 75th Air Expeditionary Group
320th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Inactive, see 320th Air Expeditionary Wing
320th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 320th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is stationed at Bolling AFB, District of Columbia...

321st Expeditionary Communications Squadron Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 
See 321st Air Expeditionary Wing
321st Air Expeditionary Wing
The 321st Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force United States Air Forces Central unit. The unit was reestablished on 1 Nov 2008. The unit is a nexus of all Coalition Air Force Training Teams and the Iraqi Air Force....

332d Expeditionary Communications Squadron Joint Base Balad, Iraq See 332d Air Expeditionary Wing
332d Air Expeditionary Wing
The United States Air Force's 332d Air Expeditionary Wing is an Air Expeditionary unit located at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.-Mission:...

363d Expeditionary Communications Squadron Prince Sultan AB  Inactive; See 363d Air Expeditionary Wing
363d Air Expeditionary Wing
The 363d Air Expeditionary Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia...

376th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Transit Center at Manas  See 376th Air Expeditionary Wing
376th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit. It is currently stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic...

379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron See 379th Air Expeditionary Wing
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....

380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately south of Abu Dhabi and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 
See 380th Air Expeditionary Wing
380th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is attached to the United States Air Forces Central component of ACC and is stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates....

386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Ali Al Salem AB, Iraq See 386th Air Expeditionary Wing
386th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time. It is currently stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait in Southwest Asia...

407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Ali AB, Iraq See 407th Air Expeditionary Group
407th Air Expeditionary Group
The 407th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 321st Air Expeditionary Wing. It is stationed at Ali Air Base, Iraq...

444th Expeditionary Communications Squadron ? Inactive, see 444th Air Expeditionary Wing
447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Sather AB, Iraq See 447th Air Expeditionary Group
447th Air Expeditionary Group
The 447th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command United States Air Forces Central.The unit presently is stationed at Sather Air Base on Baghdad International Airport in Iraq....

451st Expeditionary Communications Squadron Kandahar International Airport  See 451st Air Expeditionary Wing
455th Expeditionary Communications Squadron http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/AirForce/AirForceUnit.aspx?u=7030 Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan See 455th Air Expeditionary Wing
455th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit. It is one of two AEWs in Afghanistan, presently assigned to Bagram Airfield. Most of the wing personnel are located at the Air Force Village known as Camp Cunningham.The wing's primary mission is to...

506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq Inactive, see 506th Air Expeditionary Group
506th Air Expeditionary Group
The 506th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq....

735th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Ramstein AB, Germany Inactive, supported Combined Endeavor

Combat Communications Squadrons (CBCS)

Squadron Emblem Location Note
1st Combat Communications Squadron
1st Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Forces in Europe's 1st Combat Communications Squadron is a unit located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It is part of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.-Decorations:...

 
21st Combat Communications Squadron 
22d Combat Communications Squadron 
23d Combat Communications Squadron 
31st Combat Communications Squadron
31st Combat Communications Squadron
The 31st Combat Communications Squadron is a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.-External links:*...

 
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 
32d Combat Communications Squadron
32d Combat Communications Squadron
The 32d Combat Communications Squadron is a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.-External links:*...

 
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 
33d Combat Communications Squadron
33d Combat Communications Squadron
The 33d Combat Communications Squadron is a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.-External links:*...

 
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 
34th Combat Communications Squadron
34th Combat Communications Squadron
The 34th Combat Communications Squadron is a United States Air Force combat communications squadron, located at Tinker AFB.-Major Command:*Air Force Space Command *Air Combat Command -Wing/Group:...

 
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 
35th Combat Communications Squadron  Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

 
41st Combat Communications Squadron 
42d Combat Communications Squadron 
51st Combat Communications Squadron 
52d Combat Communications Squadron 
53d Combat Communications Squadron 
54th Combat Communications Squadron 
55th Combat Communications Squadron 
114th CBCS
114th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 114th Range Operations Squadron was a unit located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.-Mission:To provide survivable and reliable satellite voice and data communications for command control and logistics in support of United States Air Force, Air Combat Command, and...

 
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,482 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates of 2008, the city had a population of 11,920...

 
143d CBCS  Seattle ANGB, Washington
147th CBCS
147th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 147th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at San Diego, California.-History:...

 
San Diego, California
148th Space Operations Squadron
148th Space Operations Squadron
The United States Air Force's 148th Space Operations Squadron is a satellite control unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. The 148th SOPS is tasked with back-up command and control of the MILSTAR satellite constellation.-Mission:...

 
Ontario ANGS, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 
Redesignated 148th Space Operations Squadron
148th Space Operations Squadron
The United States Air Force's 148th Space Operations Squadron is a satellite control unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. The 148th SOPS is tasked with back-up command and control of the MILSTAR satellite constellation.-Mission:...

149th CBCS
149th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 149th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at North Highlands Air National Guard Station, California.-History:...

 
North Highlands ANGS, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 
206th CBCS
206th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 206th Combat Communications Squadron was an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.-Mission:...

 
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Alaska
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...

 
201st CBCG
201st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA...

; Deactivated in 2008
221st CBCS
221st Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 221st Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Garland Air National Guard Station, Texas.-Mission:...

 
Garland ANGS, Texas 254th CBCG
254th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 254th Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Hensley Field, Texas.-Federal Mission:...

222d CBCS  Costa Mesa ANGS, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 
162d CBCG
162d Combat Communications Group
The 162nd Combat Communications Group , headquartered at North Highlands Air National Guard Station in Sacramento, California, USA, is one of eight Air National Guard Combat Communications Groups nationwide, which make up 80% of the U.S. Air Force tactical communications capability...

; Redesignated 222d Intelligence Support Squadron
223d CBCS
223d Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 223d Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Hot Springs ANGS, Arkansas.-History:...

 
Hot Springs ANGS
Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport
Memorial Field Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of the City of Hot Springs, in Garland County, Arkansas, United States. It also serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is currently used for general...

, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 
225th CBCS
225th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 225th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Gadsden, Alabama...

 
Martin ANGS, Alabama 226th CBCG
226th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 226th Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.-History:...

228th CBCS
228th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 228th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at McGhee-Tyson ANGB, Tennessee.-Major Command/Gaining Command:...

 
McGhee-Tyson ANGB, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 
226th CBCG
226th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 226th Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.-History:...

231st CBCS
231st Combat Communications Squadron
The 231st Combat Communications Squadron was a tenant unit of the 113th Wing based at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA.The squadron used traditional military communications systems such as the Defense Switch Network , the Automated Digital Network , and Defense Messaging System , as well as...

 
Andrews AFB, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 
253d CBCG
253d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 253d Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, USA.-Mission:...

232d CBCS
232d Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 232d Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station, Montgomery, Alabama.-External links:...

 
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

 
226th CBCG
226th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 226th Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.-History:...

234th CBCS  Hayward ANGS, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 
162d CBCG
162d Combat Communications Group
The 162nd Combat Communications Group , headquartered at North Highlands Air National Guard Station in Sacramento, California, USA, is one of eight Air National Guard Combat Communications Groups nationwide, which make up 80% of the U.S. Air Force tactical communications capability...

236th CBCS
236th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 236th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Hammond, Louisiana...

 
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...

 
254th CBCG
254th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 254th Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Hensley Field, Texas.-Federal Mission:...

238th CBCS  Meridian, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 
239th CBCS
239th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 239th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Bridgeton, Missouri....

 
St Louis, Missouri  251st CBCG
251st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 251st Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Springfield ANGB, Ohio.-Mission:...

240th CBCS  Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

 
242d CBCS  Spokane International Airport
Spokane International Airport
Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport located about west of downtown Spokane in Spokane County, Washington. It is the primary airport for Spokane, eastern Washington, Coeur d'Alene, and northern Idaho...

, Washington 
252d CBCG
252d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 252d Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit.-Squadrons assigned:*143rd Combat Communications Squadron*215th Engineering Installation Squadron...

244th CBCS  Salem, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood...

 
255th CBCS 
256th CBCS  Cheney, Washington
Cheney, Washington
Cheney is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full time resident population was 10,590 as of 2010 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney, and its population grows to approximately 17,600 people on a temporary basis when classes at Eastern Washington...

 
252d CBCG
252d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 252d Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit.-Squadrons assigned:*143rd Combat Communications Squadron*215th Engineering Installation Squadron...

261st CBCS
261st Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 261st Combat Communications Squadron is a Air National Guard combat communications unit located in California.-History:...

 
Sepulveda ANGS, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 
162d CBCG
162d Combat Communications Group
The 162nd Combat Communications Group , headquartered at North Highlands Air National Guard Station in Sacramento, California, USA, is one of eight Air National Guard Combat Communications Groups nationwide, which make up 80% of the U.S. Air Force tactical communications capability...

262d CBCS  Bellingham, Washington  252d CBCG
252d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 252d Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit.-Squadrons assigned:*143rd Combat Communications Squadron*215th Engineering Installation Squadron...

; Redesignated 262d Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron
263d CBCS
263d Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 263rd Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at the Stanly County Airport Air National Guard Station in Albemarle, North Carolina.-Mission:...

 
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

 
281st CBCG
281st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 281st Combat Communications Group is a Rhode Island Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA.-Mission:...

264th CBCS  Peoria, Illinois 251st CBCG
251st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 251st Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Springfield ANGB, Ohio.-Mission:...

265th CBCS  South Portland, Maine 253d CBCG
253d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 253d Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, USA.-Mission:...

267th CBCS
267th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 267th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.-Mission:...

 
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States; Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 31,531 at the 2010 census....

 
253d CBCG
253d Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 253d Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, USA.-Mission:...

269th CBCS
269th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 269th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Springfield ANGB, Ohio.-Mission:...

 
Springfield ANGB, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 
251st CBCG
251st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 251st Combat Communications Group is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Springfield ANGB, Ohio.-Mission:...

271st CBCS  Annville, Pennsylvania
Annville, Pennsylvania
Annville Township is a township and census-designated place in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,518 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Annville Township is located at ....

 
272d CBCS  Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 
280th CBCS
280th Combat Communications Squadron
The Air National Guard's 280th Combat Communications Squadron is a combat communications unit located at Dothan Regional Airport, Alabama...

 
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

 
226th CBCG
226th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 226th Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.-History:...

282d CBCS  Coventry, Rhode Island
Coventry, Rhode Island
Coventry is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 35,014 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . of it is land and of it is water...

 
281st CBCG
281st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 281st Combat Communications Group is a Rhode Island Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA.-Mission:...

283d CBCS  Dobbins ARB, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 
281st CBCG
281st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 281st Combat Communications Group is a Rhode Island Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA.-Mission:...

285th CBCS
285th Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 285th Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at St Croix ANGS.-History:...

 
St Croix ANGS, Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...

 
226th CBCG
226th Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 226th Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Abston Air National Guard Station in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.-History:...

291st Combat Communications Squadron
291st Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 291st Combat Communications Squadron is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at Keaukaha Military Reservation, Hawaii.-Mission:...

 
Hilo, Hawaii  201st CBCG
201st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA...

292d Combat Communications Squadron
292d Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 292nd Combat Communications Squadron is a combat communications unit located at Kahului, Hawaii-Emblem Significance:...

 
Kahului, Hawaii  201st CBCG
201st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA...

293d Combat Communications Squadron
293d Combat Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 293rd Combat Communications Squadron is a combat communications unit located at the Pacific Missile Range Facility and Hickam AFB, Hawaii.-Federal Mission:...

 
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 
201st CBCG
201st Combat Communications Group
The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group is a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA...

445th Combat Communications Squadron Shindand AB, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 
Redesignated 445th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
607th Combat Communications Squadron  Osan AB 
644th Combat Communications Squadron  Andersen AFB 

Space Communications Squadrons (SCS)

A Space Communications Squadron is simply a Communications Squadron supporting a Space Wing in Air Force Space Command
Air Force Space Command
Air Force Space Command is a major command of the United States Department of the Air Force, with its headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. AFSPC supports U.S. military operations worldwide through the use of many different types of satellite, launch and cyber operations....

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Squadron Emblem Location Note
3d Space Communications Squadron
3d Space Communications Squadron
The United States Air Force's 3d Space Communications Squadron was a space communications squadron located at Kapaun AS, Germany-Previous Designations:*3d Space Communications Squadron...

 
Kapaun AS, Germany Inactive
30th Space Communications Squadron  Vandenberg AFB  See 30th Space Wing
30th Space Wing
The 30th Space Wing is an air force wing forming a subordinate unit of the Fourteenth Air Force of the Air Force Space Command of the United States Air Force...

45th Space Communications Squadron  Patrick AFB  See 45th Space Wing
45th Space Wing
The 45th Space Wing is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the Fourteenth Air Force, stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. It is also the host unit at Patrick AFB.-Overview:...

50th Space Communications Squadron
50th Space Communications Squadron
The 50th Space Communications Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado...

 
Schriever AFB  See 50th Space Wing
50th Space Wing
The 50th Space Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force under the major command of Air Force Space Command . It was activated on 30 January 1992, replacing the 2d Space Wing, which was deactivated on the same date.-Overview:...

460th Space Communications Squadron  Buckley AFB  See 460th Space Wing
460th Space Wing
The 460th Space Wing is located at Buckley Air Force Base, east of Aurora, Colorado. Since the 460th was redesignated on 1 October 2004, the wing has delivered global infrared surveillance, provided worldwide missile warning and tracking for homeland defense purposes, and provided expeditionary...

850th Space Communications Squadron
850th Space Communications Squadron
The 850th Space Communications Squadron was a component of the 50th Network Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The squadron was activated 1 December 1997 as the 850th Communications Squadron and redesignated the 850th Space Communications Squadron on 1 October...

 
Schriever AFB Inactivated 2006, functions absorbed by 50 SCS.
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