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10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

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10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
Active1970-1991
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Rolecommand and control
Part ofUnited States Air Forces Europe
Motto(s)Skoshi Tiger ( – ) Silk Purse (1970-1991)

History

Airborne Command and Control

The 10th Airborne Command Control Squadron was activated at RAF Mildenhall in January 1970, where it replaced the 7120th Airborne Command Control Squadron to provide an airborne command post for United States Air Forces Europe. The 7120th had performed this mission since 1 December 1961, when it was activated at Chateauroux Air Base France under the 322d Air Division. Seven months later, the squadron was assigned to the host organization at Chateauroux, the 7322d Air Base Group. The 7120th was redesignated as an airborne command control squadron on 1 October 1965, and moved to Mildenhall the following month, where it became part of the 513th Troop Carrier Wing on 1 July 1966.[1]

Lineage

10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
  • Constituted as the 10th Airborne Command Control Squadron on 15 September 1969
  • Activated on 1 January 1970
Consolidated with 10th Transport Squadron, 10th Liaison Squadron and 10th Fighter Squadron, Commando on 19 September 1985[2]
Redesignated 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 18 June 1987
  • Inactivated on 31 December 1971

Assignments

Stations

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 279-281
  2. ^ Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons
  3. ^ Assignment through 1977 in Ravenstein, pp. 279-281

Bibliography

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.