- 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron
caption= 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron Patch
dates=15 January 1941 -27 December 1945
18 December 1954 -31 December 1969
1 October 1979 - Present
country=United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Airborne Command and Control
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command_structure=Pacific Air Forces
5th Air Force
18th Wing
18th Operations Group
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garrison=Kadena Air Base
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battle_honours=The 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron (961 AACS) is part of the
18th Wing atKadena Air Base ,Japan . It operates theE-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.Mission
Provide airborne command and control, long-range
surveillance , detection and identification information for commanders in support of U.S. goals. [http://www.kadena.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9581 18 OG Fact Sheet] ]History
The squadron was an operational and later replacement training unit from,
1942 –1944 . It went on to fly combat missions in the WesternPacific from, c.6 April –14 August 1945 . [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0961aacs.html AFHRA 961 AACS Page] ]The 961st flew
radar surveillance missions alongEast Coast of the United States from,18 December 1954 –31 December 1969 . The squadron assisted with the coverage of salvage operations of downedKorean Air Lines Flight 007 , 1–10 September 1983 . It has served as the airborne command and control for the commander,United States Pacific Command and supported US forces counter air interdiction,close air support ,search and rescue ,reconnaissance , andairlift operations since1980 .*
World War II *61st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1940 - 1944)
*61st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy (1944 - 1954)
*961st Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron (1954 - 1979)
*961st Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron (1979 - 1982)
*961st Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (1982 - 1994)
*961st Airborne Air Control Squadron (1994 - Present)*
39th Bombardment Group (1941 - 1945)
*551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing (1954 - 1969)
*552d Airborne Warning and Control Division (1979 - 1985)
*28th Air Division (1985 - 1990)
*313th Air Division (1990 - 1991)
**Attached:5th Air Force (1990 - 1991)
*18th Wing (1991 - Present)*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 (1954 - 1969)
*Kadena Air Base ,Japan (1979 - Present)*
B-17 Flying Fortress (1941 - 1942)
*B-24 Liberator (1942 - 1944)
*B-29 Superfortress (1944 - 1945)
*C-121 Constellation (1955 - 1969)
*E-3 Sentry (1979 - Present)References
Notes
Bibliography
* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0961aacs.html AFHRA 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron History]
* [http://www.kadena.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9581 18th Operations Group Fact Sheet]Also See
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