| 9th Air Support Operations Squadron | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1942–1945; 1994–present | 
| Country | |
| Branch | |
| Role | Expeditionary Air Support Operations | 
| Part of | Air Combat Command | 
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Hood, Texas | 
| Engagements | Southwest Pacific Theater[1] | 
| Decorations | Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation[1]  | 
| Insignia | |
| 9th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem[note 1][1] | ![]()  | 
The United States Air Force's 9th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at Fort Hood, Texas.[1] The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 9th Communications Squadron, Air Support, on 10 August 1942
 
- Activated on 21 August 1942
 - Redesignated 9th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
 - Redesignated 9th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
 - Redesignated 9th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
 - Inactivated on 28 November 1945
 
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948
 - Reconstituted and redesignated 9th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994
 
- Activated on 1 July 1994[1]
 
Assignments
- I Ground Air Support Command (later I Air Support Command, I Tactical Air Division), 21 August 1942
 - Fifth Air Force, November 1943
 - V Fighter Command, 25 July 1945
 - XIII Bomber Command, 20 October – 28 November 1945
 - 3d Air Support Operations Group, 1 July 1994 – present[1]
 
Stations
- Mitchel Field, New York, 21 August 1942
 - Morris Field, North Carolina, 7 November 1942
 - Esler Field, Louisiana, 24 January 1943
 - William Northern Field, Tennessee, c. 2 April 1943
 - Lebanon Army Air Field, Tennessee, 8 April 1943
 - Morris Field, North Carolina, 10 June – 22 October 1943
 - Sydney, Australia, 21 November 1943
 - Brisbane, Australia, 27 November 1943
 - Nadzab, [Papua] New Guinea, 17 March 1944
 - Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 1 April – 28 November 1945
 - Fort Hood, Texas, 1 July 1994 – present[1]
 
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
 
- ↑ Approved 18 April 1997.
 
- Citations
 
Bibliography
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