The
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
'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
Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC), is a United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the federal gover ...
in combat operations.
History
Tactical Air Command
The
squadron was first activated in June 1969 at
Homestead Air Force Base
Homestead Air Reserve Base (Homestead ARB), previously known as Homestead Air Force Base (Homestead AFB) is located in Miami–Dade County, Florida, to the northeast of the city of Homestead. It is home to the 482nd Fighter Wing (482 FW) o ...
, Florida, when
Tactical Air Command
Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force, Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Lang ...
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.
[''See'' Mueller, p. 257] The flight continued this mission from several bases in the eastern United States until inactivating in March 1988.
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]
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
The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force, Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the prim ...
to activate or inactivate as needed.[
]
Lineage
* Constituted as the 72d Tactical Control Flight on 24 June 1969
: Activated on 25 June 1969
: Inactivated on 31 March 1988
* Redesignated 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 February 2009[
]
Assignments
* 4465th Tactical Control Squadron, 25 June 1969
* 726th Tactical Control Squadron, 15 October 1969
* 507th Tactical Air Control Wing, 1 May 1977 – 31 March 1988
* Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 12 Feb 2009[
]
Stations
* Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 25 June 1969
* Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia, Warner Robins, south-southea ...
, Georgia, 30 March 1972;
* Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth o ...
, Virginia, 30 June 1976 – 31 March 1988[
]
References
; Notes
Bibliography
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Air support operations squadrons of the United States Air Force
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