7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

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unit_name= 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron


caption= 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Patch
dates= 24 March 1942 - 1 April 1944
1 May 1944 - 15 January 1946
18 October 1954 - 8 January 1966
13 February 1968 - October 1998
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The 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (7 ACCS) was most recently part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operated the EC-130 Commando Solo aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.

Mission

History

The 7th ferried lend-lease aircraft to Alaska for turnover to Soviets from, June 1942–March 1944. It conducted aerial transportation in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 13 December 1944–September 1945. The squadron also provided airlift support during Cuban Missile Crisis from, 17–28 October 1962. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0007accs.html AFHRA 7 ACCS Page] ]

The 7th provided airborne combat command and control in Southeast Asia from, 1 March 1968–15 August 1973and controlled airborne forces during the recovery of the SS Mayagüez in May 1975, in Grenada from, 23 October–21 November 1983, in Panama from, December 1989–January 1992, and in Southwest Asia from, 1 September 1990–16 March 1991.

=Operations=

*World War II
*Vietnam War
*Operation Urgent Fury
*Operation Just Cause
*Operation Desert Storm

=Lineage=

*7th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron (1942 - 1943)
*7th Ferrying Squadron (1943 - 1944)
*7th Combat Cargo Squadron (1944 - 1954)
*7th Logistics Support Squadron (1954 - 1964)
*7th Air Transport Squadron, Special (1964 - 1968)
*7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (1968 - Present)

=Assignments=

*7th Ferrying Group (1942 - 1944)
*2d Combat Cargo Group (1944 - 1946)
*Warner Robins Air Materiel Area (1954 - 1955)
*3079th Aviation Depot Wing (1955 - 1962)
*39th Logistics Support Group (1962 - 1963)
*62d Troop Carrier Wing (1963 - 1964)
*63d Troop Carrier Wing (1964 - 1966)
*Pacific Air Forces (1968)
*7th Air Force (1968)
*432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1968 - 1972)
**Attached: 7th Air Force (31 October 1968 - 15 August 1973)
*388th Tactical Fighter Wing (1972 - 1974)
**Attached: US Support Activities Group, 7th Air Force (15 August 1973 - c. 21 May 1974)
*374th Tactical Airlift Wing (1974 - 1975)
**Attached: 13th Air Force (22 May 1974 - 14 August 1975)
*3d Tactical Fighter Wing (1975)
*507th Tactical Air Control Group (1975 - 1976)
*552d Airborne Warning and Control Division (1976 - 1985)
*28th Air Division (1985 - 1992)
**Air Division Provisional, 15 (5 December 1990 - c. 16 March 1991)
*552d Air Control Wing (1992 - 1994)
*55th Wing (1994 - 1998)

=Bases stationed=

*Seattle, Washington (1942)
*Gore Field, Montana (1942 - 1944)
*Syracuse Army Air Base, New York (1944)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1944)
*Biak (1944 - 1945)
*Dulag, Leyte (1945)
*Okinawa (1945)
*Yokota Air Base, Japan (1945 - 1946)
*Robins Air Force Base, Georgia (1954 - 1966)
*Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam (1968)
*Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (1968 - 1972)
*Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (1972 - 1974)
*Clark Air Base, Philippines (1974 - 1975)
*Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi (1975 - 1994)
**Deployed: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (1 - 25 September 1990)
**Deployed: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (25 Aeptember 1990 - 16 March 1991)
*Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska (1994 - 1998)

=Aircraft Operated=

*C-47 Skytrain (1944 - 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1944 - 1945)
*C-124 Globemaster II (1954 - 1966)
*EC-130 ABCCC (1968 - 1998)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0007accs.html AFHRA 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron History]

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