1st Airborne Command Control Squadron
1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | |
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Part of | Air Force Global Strike Command |
Garrison/HQ | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1] |
Insignia | |
1st Airborne Command Control Squadron emblem[note 1][1] | |
1st Ferrying Squadron emblem |
The 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron is part of the 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operates the Boeing E-4 aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.
The
History
World War and Balloon School
The first predecessor of the
Interwar years
In the spring of 1919, the squadron returned to the United States and was stationed at Ross Field, California as part of the Air Service Balloon School.[1] In June 1922, the Balloon School moved to Scott Field, Illinois and Ross Field was closed as a military installation. The squadron was inactivated[1] with the closure of Ross.
The second predecessor of the squadron, also designated the 1st Balloon Company, was activated at Scott in May 1929. After a brief period of training with the
World War II
The third predecessor of the squadron was activated in April 1942 at
Airborne command and control
On 1 June 1962,
In 1974, the squadron began to replace its EC-135s with more capable Boeing E-4s, completing the upgrade the following year. In November 1975, the squadron was reassigned from Andrews'
Lineage and assignments
Consolidation
The 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron represents the consolidation of ultimately four different units, done in two consolidations. The first involved consolidating the 1st Airship and 1st Balloon Companies in 1929 into what would become the 1st Balloon Squadron. This was then consolidated with the 1st Ferrying Squadron and 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron in 1985 to form the current unit.
Current unit | Units consolidated on 19 September 1985 | Units consolidated on 31 July 1929 |
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1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | 1st Balloon Squadron | 1st Airship Company |
1st Balloon Company | ||
1st Ferrying Squadron | ||
1st Airborne Command Control Squadron |
1st Airship Company
Date | Designation | Assignment | Station | Equipment | Notes |
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25 September 1917 | Company A, 2d Balloon Squadron | Fort Omaha, Nebraska | organized[1] | ||
30 November 1917 | Garden City, New York | [1] | |||
7 December 1917 | transit | [1] | |||
3 January 1918 | Gironde, France | Caquot Type R observation balloon | [1] | ||
15 April 1918 | Brouville, France | [1] | |||
19 June 1918 | 1st Balloon Company | [1] | |||
1 July 1918 | Balloon Wing, I Army Corps | [1] | |||
19 July 1918 | Les Ecoliers, France | [1] | |||
22 July 1918 | Épaux-Bézu, France | [1] | |||
25 July 1918 | Épieds, Aisne, France | [1] | |||
28 July 1918 | Artois Ferme, France | [1] | |||
5 August 1918 | Mareuil-en-Dole , France |
[1] | |||
13 August 1918 | Coucelles-sur-Vesle, France | [1] | |||
23 August 1918 | Tremblecourt, France | [1] | |||
29 August 1918 | La Queue de Theinard , France |
[1] | |||
27 September 1918 | Bois de Brule, France | [1] | |||
2 October 1918 | Varennes-en-Argonne, France | [1] | |||
8 October 1918 | Balloon Group, I Army Corps | [1] | |||
11 October 1918 | Chatel-Chehery , France |
[1] | |||
17 October 1918 | Auzeville-en-Argonne, France | [1] | |||
20 November 1918 | Balloon Group, III Army Corps |
[1] | |||
21 November 1918 | Mercy-le-Bas, France | [1] | |||
8 December 1918 | Euren, Germany | [1] | |||
19 December 1918 | Niederberg , Germany |
[1] | |||
17 April 1919 | Colombey-les-Belles, France | [1] | |||
5 May 1919 | St. Nazaire , France |
[1] | |||
6 June 1919 | Camp Lee , Virginia |
[1] | |||
1 July 1919 | Air Service Balloon Observers School | Ross Field, California | [1] | ||
30 June 1922 | Ninth Corps Area |
[1] | |||
25 July 1922 | inactive | [1] | |||
24 March 1923 | 1st Airship Company | [1] | |||
31 July 1929 | consolidated into 1st Balloon Company | [1] |
1st Balloon Squadron
Date | Designation | Assignment | Station | Equipment | Notes |
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18 October 1927 | 1st Balloon Company | inactive | [1] | ||
17 May 1929 | Sixth Corps Area | Scott Field, Illinois | A-6 & A-7 spherical balloon C-3 observation balloon |
[1] | |
1 June 1929 | Field Artillery School | [1] | |||
24 June 1929 | Post Field , Oklahoma |
[1] | |||
1 October 1933 | 1st Balloon Squadron | [1] | |||
1937 | A-6 & A-7 spherical balloon C-3 & C-6 observation balloon |
[1] | |||
1939 | A-6 & A-7 spherical balloon C-3 & C-6 observation balloon D-2 barrage balloon |
[1] | |||
1940 | A-6 & A-7 spherical balloon C-6 observation balloon D-3, D-4, D-5, & D-6 barrage balloon |
[1] | |||
1 September 1941 | III Air Support Command |
[1] | |||
6 February 1942 | disbanded | [1] | |||
19 September 1985 | reconstituted and consolidated into 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | [1] |
1st Ferrying Squadron
Date | Designation | Assignment | Station | Equipment | Notes |
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18 February 1942 | 1st Air Corps Ferrying Squadron | inactive | [1] | ||
15 April 1942 | 6th Ferrying Group | Long Beach , California |
various aircraft | [1] | |
12 May 1943 | 1st Ferrying Squadron | [1] | |||
1 April 1944 | disbanded | [1] | |||
19 September 1985 | reconstituted and consolidated into the 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | [1] |
1st Airborne Command Control Squadron
Date | Designation | Assignment | Station | Equipment | Notes |
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9 May 1969 | 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | inactive | [1] | ||
1 July 1969 | 1st Composite Wing | Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland | EC-135J | [1] | |
1 December 1974 | E-4A, EC-135J | [1][7] | |||
1 November 1975 | 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing |
[1] | |||
1976 | E-4A | [1] | |||
1 July 1977 | Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska | [1] | |||
1 December 1979 | E-4A/B | [7] | |||
1 January 1985 | E-4B | [7] | |||
1 September 1991 | 55th Operations Group | [1] | |||
1 October 2016 | 595th Command and Control Group | [1] |
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm Musser, James M. (20 June 2019). "1 Airborne Command Control Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Goss, p. 75
- ^ Mueller, p. 12
- ^ "Abstract, History 1001 Air Base Wing Jan–Jun 1962". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Abstract, History 1001 Air Base Wing Jan–Jun 1965". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Hammes, SRA Rachel (4 October 2016). "595th Command and Control Group activates at Offutt" (Press release). Air Force History Index. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ a b c den Daas, Gostar (January 2014). "Boeing E-4: The Doomsday plane". Avia Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
the first complete A model was handed over to Andrews AFB, December 1974
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