3d Air Support Operations Squadron
The 3d Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit of the United States Air Force, located at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.Mission
The squadron trains, equips, and deploys airborne qualified Tactical Air Control Party members, air liaison officers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support commanders of United States Army Alaska and its 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.
Detachment 1 of the squadron trains, equips, and deploys TACP members, air liaison officers, joint terminal attack controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support the commanders of USARAK's, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.History
Lineage
- Constituted as the 3d Direct Air Support Flight and activated on 17 September 1964
- Redesignated 3d Air Support Operations Center Flight on 16 May 1980
Assignments
- Pacific Air Forces, 17 September 1964
- 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 October 1964 – 15 September 1968
- Alaskan Air Command, 1 June 1980
- 11th Tactical Control Group, 1 July 1981
- 343d Operations Group, 27 January 1992
- 354th Operations Group, 20 August 1993
- 611th Air Operations Group, 1 July 1994
- 354th Operations Group, 14 February 2003
- 1st Air Support Operations Group, 1 October 2008 – present
Stations
- Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 8 October 1964 – 15 September 1968
- Fort Richardson, Alaska, 1 June 1980
- Fort Wainwright, Alaska, 1 July 1991
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 13 September 2010 – present
Decorations
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
- Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
