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7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Patch
24 March 1942 - 1 April 1944
1 May 1944 - 15 January 1946
18 October 1954 - 8 January 1966
13 February 1968 - October 1998
Airborne Command and Control
AFOUA w/ V Device
PPUC
RVGC w/ Palm
Lockheed C/EC-130E-LM Hercules Serial 62-1857 of the 7th ACCS at Korat, 10 May 1974. This aircraft survived the Vietnam War and was converted to C-130E-II, later to be redesignated EC-130E in 1976. Later, this aircraft served as an EC-130E ABCCC aircraft at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona (1999)
Emblem of the AFLC 7th Logistics Support Squadron
The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron (7 EACCS) is part of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. It operates the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft, conducting airborne command and control missions.
1.1 Lineage[1]
1.2 Assignments[1]
1.3 Stations[1]
1.4 Aircraft[1]
1.5 Operations[1]
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.
Reestablished in 1952 as a Headquarters. Air Force Logistics Command-controlled logistics squadron. It's mission was to provide world-wide airlift of nuclear weapons and related equipment, with a secondary mission to airlift other Department of Defense cargo as required when space was available. The squadron also provided airlift support during Cuban Missile Crisis from, 17 –28 October 1962. Inactivated in 1965 with inactivation of storage sites.[1]
Became a Military Air Transport Service (later Military Airlift Command) C-124 Globemaster II strategic transport squadron flying worldwide airlift operations. Inactivated with retirement of C-124 in 1966.
Reactivated in 1968 and performed Airborne Battlefield Command and Control (ABCCC) mission in Southeast Asia from, 1 March 1968 – 15 August 1973 and 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.[1]
In 1994, the 7 ACCS was moved from Keesler AFB, Mississippi, to Offutt AFB, Nebraska where it transitioned from EC-130 aircraft flying the ABCCC mission to the EC-135 aircraft flying the Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass" mission in support of nuclear command and control for United States Strategic Command. In October 1998, the "Looking Glass" mission was transferred to the Navy's E-6 fleet, the last of the US Air Force's EC-135 fleet was retired, and the 7 ACCS was inactivated.
In March 2008, the unit was again reactivated - this time as the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron (7 EACCS) - to be the forward operating squadron for E-8 Joint STARS supporting the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility.
Lineage[1][edit | edit source]
Constituted 7th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 February 1942
Activated on 24 March 1942
Redesignated 7th Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943
Disbanded on 1 April 1944
Reconstituted on 19 September 1985
Consolidated (19 September 1985) with: 7th Combat Cargo Squadron
Constituted on 25 April 1944
Activated on 1 May 1944
Inactivated on 15 January 1946
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 as 7th Air Transport Squadron, Special
Constituted 7th Logistics Support Squadron on 22 June 1954
Activated on 18 October 1954
Redesignated 7th Air Transport Squadron, Special, on 1 July 1964
Discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 January 1966
Constituted as 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and activated, on 13 February 1968
Organized on 1 March 1968
Inactivated on 1 October 1998.
Redesignated 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron and converted to provisional status on 4 December 2001
Assignments[1][edit | edit source]
North West Sector, Ferrying Command (later, 7th Ferrying Group), 18 February 1942 – 1 April 1944
2d Combat Cargo Group, 1 May 1944 – 15 January 1946
Warner Robins Air Materiel Area, 18 October 1954
3079th Aviation Depot Wing, 6 February 1955
39th Logistics Support Group, 1 July 1962
62d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1963
63d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 July 1964 – 8 January 1966
Pacific Air Forces, 13 February 1968
Seventh Air Force, 1 March 1968
432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 31 October 1968
Attached to Seventh Air Force, 31 October 1968–
388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 April 1972
Remained attached to Seventh Air Force to 15 August 1973
Attached to US Support Activities Group/Seventh Air Force, 15 August 1973–c. 21 May 1974
374th Tactical Airlift Wing, 22 May 1974
Attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 22 May 1974–
3d Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 March 1975
Remained attached to Thirteenth Air Force to 14 August 1975
507th Tactical Air Control Group, 14 August 1975
552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division), 1 October 1976
28th Air Division, 1 April 1985
Attached to Air Division Provisional, 15, 5 December 1990–c. 16 March 1991 (See Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War)
552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992
55th Operations Group, 19 July 1994 – 1 October 1988
Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate any time after 4 December 2001
Attached to: 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Undetermined dates
Stations[1][edit | edit source]
Seattle Airport, Washington, 24 March 1942
Gore Army Airfield, Montana, 22 June 1942 – 1 April 1944
Syracuse Army Airbase, New York, 1 May 1944
Baer Field, Indiana, 7–27 October 1944
Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 11 November 1944
Dulag Airfield, Dulag, Philippine Islands, May 1945
Okinawa, 19 August 1945
Yokota AB, Japan, 22 September 1945 – 15 January 1946
Robins AFB, Georgia, 19 October 1954 – 8 January 1966
Da Nang AB, South Vietnam
Operated from Udorn RTAFB, Thailand), 1 March 1968
Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, 31 October 1968
Korat RTAFB, Thailand, 15 April 1972
Clark AB, Philippines, 22 May 1974 – 14 August 1975
Keesler AFB, Mississippi 14 August 1975 – 18 July 1994
Deployed at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1–25 September 1991
Deployed at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 25 September 1990–16 March 1991
Deployed at Aviano AB Italy, Support Bosina. Need exact date. 1991-1995
Offutt AFB, NE, 19 July 1994 – 1 October 1998
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 19 March 2008–present (E-8C JSTARS deployed as 116 EACCS November 2001 - 18 March 2008)
Aircraft[1][edit | edit source]
C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945)
C-46 Commando (1944–1945)
C-124 Globemaster II (1954–1966)
EC-130 ABCCC (1968–1994)
EC-135 ABNCP (1994–1998)
E-8C JSTARS (??? - Present)
Operations[1][edit | edit source]
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause
Operation Deny Flight
Operation Deliberate Force
Operation Decisive Endeavor
Operation Uphold Democracy
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