Air Force Units

1st

Radar Calibration Det (218 NY)
WWII
Myitkyina, Burma


 

Fighter Control Squadron
WWII
Philippines

 

Tactical Air Force (Prov)
Established: 25 October 1944
Mission: To give air support to Sixth Army Group (U.S. Seventh Army, and First French Army on the front between 12th Army Group and Switzerland).
Equipment: MEW 31 October 1944
Equipment: By unit

 

 

Radar Bomb Scoring Group (SAC)
Carswell AFB, Texas
10 August 1954 - 21 July 1961
CO: Lt Col (then Colonel) Otis Parks

 

Combat Evaluation Group (SAC)
Barksdale AFB, Louisana
Constituted/Activated: 24 July 1961, operational 1 August 1961
Detachments
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LT COL CLARENCE F. BLANTON
TSGT BRUCE E. MANSFIELD
TSGT JAMES H. CALFEE             
TSGT ANTONE P. MARKS
- assigned 1st CEG, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
SSGT JAMES W. DAVIS              
SSGT JERRY OLDS
CMSGT RICHARD L. ETCHBERGER Air Force Cross
SSGT DAVID S. PRICE
SSGT HENRY G. GISH
TSGT PATRICK L. SHANNON
SSGT JOHN P. GUERIN
- assigned 1st CEG, Barksdale AFB, Lousiana          
TSGT LOWELL V. SMITH
SSGT WILLIS R. HALL              
TSGT DONALD K. SPRINGSTEADAH
TSGT MELVIN A. HOLLAND           
SSGT EPHRAIM VASQUEZ
- assigned 1st CEG, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
A1C RUFUS L. JAMES - assigned 1st CEG, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana         
SSGT DON F. WORLEY

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AACS
Mobile Communications Squadron
Quang Tri, Vietnam
Equipment: MPN-13

 

Combat Communications Group/MOB
Ramstein AB, Germany
2nd
 

Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (Light Mobile, Provisional)
April 1943 – March 1944

 

 

Combat Communications Group /MOB
Patrick AFB, Florida

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3rd
 

Tactical Air Control Group

 

 

Radar Calibration Squadron
Notes: 4 March 1947, Reduced to zero (0) strength

 

 

Combat Communications Group/MOB
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Equipment: TPN-19

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4th
 

Combat Communications Group
Altus AFB, Oklahoma
Equipment: MPN-14G

5th
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Tactical Control Group

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Combat Communications Group/MOB
Robins AFB, Georgia
Commander: Col Madera
Equipment: Three (3) MPN-13’s, One (1) MPN-14, TPN-19

 

7th
 

Aircraft Control & Warning Group
Designated: 7th Provisional Control Group 12 March, 1946
Redesignated: 526th AC&WG 1 August, 1946.

 

8th
  Air Force
Greyfriars, England October 1944
Note: The 8th Air Force equipment would have belonged to a unit under it's command.
Equipment: CPS-1 (Microwave Early Warning)
 

Fighter Control Squadron

Detachment A

Detachment B
Landed: May 1944, Biak Island Assault
Note: Biak Island Assault. " Det. B 8th FC Sq, will land at ????(sp), as soon as the tactical situation permits and augument Co B in establishing the 33rd FCC (Temp). It will reinforce Det "A"(?) and establish an Identification Section

 

9th
  Air Force
Europe October 1944
Note: The 9th Air Force equipment would have belonged to a unit under it's command, one of which was the 738th Signal Air Warning Company.
Equipment: CPS-1 (Microwave Early Warning)
 

Expeditionary Air Control Squadron
Redesignated: 1997/1998 (from 4414th ACS Provisional)
Subordinate: to the 9th Air Expeditionary Group, Ali Al Salem, Kuwait

 

10th
 

Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron (SAC)
Carswell AFB, Texas
10 August 1954 - 19 September 1966
Detachments

CASUALTIES --- On 5 June 1966

TSgt Bruce E. Mansfield - assigned to Detachment 10, 10th Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron, Hastings Air Force Station, Nebraska
A1C Jerry D. Olds - assigned to Detachment 10, 10th Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron. Hastings Air Force Station, Nebraska

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11th
11_tcg

Radar Calibration Squadron
McChord AFB, Washington as of 31 December 1948
Subordinate to: 505th AC&W Group
Mission: Calibrate all radar sets presently in the 505th Group surveillance system.

 

Tactical Control Group
Alaska

 

 

Radar Bomb Scoring (SAC)
March AFB, California 10 August 1954 - 22 August 1966
Detachments

 

 

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12th

Radar Bomb Scoring Squadron (SAC)
Turner AFB, Georgia
Notes: On the map, you can see the outline of the base, which was closed in 1974.
Detachments

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13th
 

Aircraft Control & Warning Group Provisional
Leyte Island, Philippine Islands

 

 

Aircraft Control Squadron, Mobile
Commander: Major Roy L. Dismukes
History: 13th_AC&WG

 

17th
 

Tactical Control Squadron (?)
Ko Kha, Thailand
Deactivated: 31 May 1976

 

18th
 

Fighter Control Squadron
WWII
Notes: Attached to 15th Fighter Group, 6-17 March 1943, assigned 26 March 1943-22 July 1944

 

22nd
 

Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron

 

23rd
 

Fighter Control Squadron
WWII
China-India-Burma Theater
Chain of Command: 23rd Fighter Group, 68th Composite Wing, 14th Air Force

 

33rd
 

Fighter Control Squadron
1944-1945
Notes: V Fighter Command

Detachment A
Special Fighter Control Center
Glucester

Detachment B

Ass. Echelon (Det B)

Rear Echelon (Det B)

 

Tactical Control Group

 

35th
 

Fighter Control Squadron
WWII

Rear Echelon
Provisional Fighter Control Center
Nadzab - Kamiri

Detachment A
Special Fighter Control Center
Gusap

Detachment B Ass. Ech. (Abbreviation meaning unknown)
Tactical Fighter Control Center
Nadzab

Rear Ech. Det B
Tactical Fighter Control Center
Nadzab

36th
 

Fighter Control Squadron
WWII
China-Burma-India Theater
Chain of Command: 51st Fighter Group, 69th Composite Wing, 14th Air Force

 

42nd
 

Fighter Control
WWII - Philippines

 

43rd
 

Fighter Control Center
WWII - Philippines
Subordinate to: 86th Fighter Wing, V Fighter Command, Fifth Air Force

 

45th
 

Fighter Control
WWII - Philippines

 

49th
 

Fighter Control Squadron
Darwin, Australia
February 1942
Subordinate to: 49th Fighter Group until September 1943
Notes: Designated as separate unit and operated under the Fifth Fighter Command in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war.

 

50th
  Fighter Control Squadron
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, England
51st
 

Fighter Control Center
WWII
China-Burma-India Theater
Chain of Command: 51st Fighter Group, 69th Composite Wing, 14th Air Force

 

52nd
 

Radar Squadron (Mobile)
Deployment: Dhahran

 

56th
 

Fighter Control Squadron

 

57th
  Fighter Control Squadron
Wittem, Holland
63rd
 

Army Air Force Base Unit (Radar Bomb Scoring)
Designated: 63rd AAF Base Unit (RBS) from 206th AAFB Unit (RBS) 24 July 1946
Relocated: Mitchel AFB, New York Approximately 15 August 1945
Reassigned: 5 March 1946 to Fifthteenth AF
Relocated: Colorado Springs, Colorado 5 March 1946
Redesignated: 263rd AAFB Unit (RBS) 8 March 1947
Reassigned: SAC (date unkn)

 

71st
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Tactical Control Flight
MacDill AFB, Florida
Activated: June 25, 1969
Subordinate to: 507th Air Control Wing

Deployments:  
  1978-79 Republic of Panama.
1981 & 1982 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Operation ELF-One)
1984 & 1985 Honduras
 1990 – 1991 Desert Shield; Desert Storm

 

 

Tactical Control Squadron
Redesignated: TCS 9 August 1988.
Deployments: 1991 – 1 September, 1993 Caribbean (Operation Coronet Macaw)

 

Air Control Squadron
Redesignated: 1 November, 1991
Subordinate to: 56th Operations Group, 56th Fighter Wing, MacDill AFB on 23 March 1992. 
Reassigned: 1 October, 1993 347th Operations Group, 347th Wing, Moody AFB, Georgia

Deployments:  
  February - June 1996 Operation Southern Watch
June - October 1997 Operation Southern Watch
December 1998 - April 1999 Operation Southern Watch

Inactivated: March 2000
Call sign: Alleycat

Web Site: Link

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72nd

Tactical Control Flight
Homestead AFB, Florida
Commanders:
Capt Frank Tullis
Maj Cook
Relocated: Robbins AFB, Georgia (Late 1971, early 1972)
Relocated: Fort Monroe, Virginia
1976 – 29 February, 1988
Equipment: TPS-44; TPS-43E (Winter 1977-78)
Note: Unit was form from a split-off of the 729/728/4465

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73rd
73_tcf Tactical Control Flight
Formed: Late 1969 (From 728th Det. 1)
Equipment: TPS-44; TSQ-61
 

Expeditionary Air Control Squadron
Deployment: Afghanistan
Call Sign: Trump Card

 

74th
Tactical Control Flight
Pope AFB, North Carolina
Deactivated: August 1979
Commander: Major Paul Jones (Last C.O.)
Equipment: TPS-44
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Air Control Squadron
Transferred to: 1st Fighter Wing 15 March 1992
Deployed: Operation Noble Anvil (The Balkan War), outside Budapest, Hungary; Operation Allied Force

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75th
 

Tactical Control Squadron

 

75_tcf Tactical Control Flight

 

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