1st Air Support Operations Group
The United States Air Force's 1st Air Support Operations Group is a combat support unit located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The 1st ASOG provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.
The 1st ASOG directs four squadrons operating from 11 locations in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and Japan. The group provides an Air Support Operations Center and Tactical Air Control Parties to US Army combat units at multiple echelons including United States Army Pacific, I Corps, and nine aviation, airborne, infantry and Stryker brigade combat teams of the 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions. The 1st Weather Squadron provides operational and staff weather services for Army combat units across the Pacific Command area of responsibility. In addition, they train and maintain combat readiness for worldwide battlefield weather deployments. The groups Air Liaison Officers and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers advise Army commanders and staffs on all aspects of joint airpower employment, integrating and synchronizing close air support, air mobility, and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities into strategy, plans, and operations.
Prior to the reformation of the Special Operations Weather career field into the new Special Reconnaissance field, the 1st ASOG operated a small contingent of SOWT airmen.
The 1st ASOG has been administratively assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, since Oct. 1, 2012. The 1st ASOG itself is a Geographically Separated Unit stationed at Fort Lewis, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.Subordinate units
The following units and aircraft are assigned to the 1st Air Support Operations group:
