960th Airborne Air Control Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron


caption= 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron Patch
dates= 15 January 1941 - 27 December 1945
8 March 1955 - 31 July 1969
1 September 1979 - 1 July 1992
1 March 2001 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airborne Command and Control
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8th Air Force
552d Air Control Wing
552d Operations Group
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The 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron (960 AACS) is part of the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.

Mission

Provide the Combat Air Force with airborne systems and personnel for surveillance, warning and control of strategic, tactical, and special mission forces. [http://www.552acw.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=8678 552 OG Fact Sheet] ]

History

The 960th began as a replacement training unit from, 1941-1944 before going on to Conduct bombardment missions against Japan from, c. 6 April-14 August 1945. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0960aacs.html AFHRA 960 AACS Page] ]

It provided early warning radar surveillance along the East Coast of the United States from, 1955-1969. It supported two deployed rotating aircraft with crews in Iceland to provide early detection of Soviet aircraft flying between Iceland and Greenland from, 1979-1992.

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*60th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1940 - 1944)
*60th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1944 - 1954)
*960th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron (1954 - 1979)
*960th Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron (1979 - 1982)
*960th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (1982 - 2001)
*960th Airborne Air Control Squadron (2001 - Present)

=Assignments=

*39th Bombardment Group (1941 - 1945)
*551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing (1953 - 1969)
*552d Airborne Warning and Control Division (1979 - 1985)
*28th Air Division (1985 - 1992)
*552d Air Control Wing (2001 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Fort Douglas, Utah (1941)
*Felts Field, Washington (1941)
*Geiger Field, Washington (1941 - 1942)
*Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona (1942 - 1944)
*Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas (1944)
*Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas (1944 - 1945)
*North Field, Guam (1945)
*Camp Anza, California (1945)
*Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts (1955 - 1969)
*Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland (1979 - 1992)
*Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma (2001 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*B-17 Flying Fortress (1941 - 1942)
*B-25 Mitchell (1941)
*B-24 Liberator (1942 - 1944)
*B-29 Superfortress (1944 - 1945)
*C-121 Constellation (1955 - 1969)
*E-3 Sentry (1979 - 1992, 2001 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0960aacs.html AFHRA 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron History]
* [http://www.552acw.acc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=8678 552d Operations Group Fact Sheet]

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