970th Airborne Air Control Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron


caption= 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron Patch
dates= 1 April 1941 - 1 November 1946
1 August 1951 - 1 January 1953
4 April 1966 - 31 July 1973
15 March 1996 - Present
country= United States
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type= Airborne Command and Control
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513th Air Control Group
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The 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (970 AACS) is part of the 513th Air Control Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.

Mission

History

The squadron flew antisubmarine patrols in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in defense of the Panama Canal during World War II. It conducted replacement training from, 1943-1945 and 1951-1952. The 970th monitored and located enemy radio transmitters and conducted psychological warfare operations in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos from, 1966-1972. It has trained for and flown air control missions since March 1996. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0970aacs.html AFHRA 970 AACS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II
*Vietnam War

=Lineage=

*29th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1941 - 1942)
*29th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942 - 1944)
*29th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1944 - 1951)
*130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, Photographic (1951 - 1952)
*130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium (1952)
*130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Heavy (1952 - 1966)
*360th Reconnaissance Squadron (1966 - 1967)
*360th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (1967 - 1985)
*970th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (1985 - 1996)
*970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (1996 - Present)

=Assignments=

*40th Bombardment Group (1941 - 1943)
*6th Bombardment Group (1943)
*VI Bomber Command (1943 - 1946)
*111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (1951 - 1953)
*460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1966 - 1971)
*483d Tactical Airlift Wing (1971 - 1972)
*377th Air Base Wing (1972)
*463d Tactical Airlift Wing (1972 - 1973)
*1st Special Operations Wing (1973)
*513th Air Control Group (1996 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico (1941 - 1942)
*Aguadulce, Panama (1942 - 1943)
*Antón, Panama (1943)
*Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1943 - 1944, 1945)
*Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone (1944 - 1945)
*Río Hato, Panama (1944, 1945 - 1946)
*Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (1951 - 1953)
*Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam (1966 - 1972)
*Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (1972 - 1973)
*Hurlburt Field, Florida (1973)
*Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma (1996 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*B-18 Bolo (1941 - 1942)
*A-17 Nomad (1942 - 1943)
*B-24 Liberator (1943 - 1946)
*RB-29 Superfortress (1951 - 1952)
*EC-47 (1966 - 1972)
*E-3 Sentry (1996 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0970aacs.html AFHRA 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron History]
* [http://www.10af.afrc.af.mil/units/513thaircontrolgroup/index.asp 513th Air Control Group Fact Sheet]

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