• Source: 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron

      • The United States Air Force's 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron (2 ASOS) is a combat support unit located in Vilseck, Germany. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.


      Mission


      The 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron trains, equips, and maintains mission-ready air liaison, terminal attack control, and weather observation and forecasting elements to support the commanders of US Army units, such as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.


      Lineage


      Constituted as the 2nd Communications Squadron, Air Support on 8 April 1942
      Activated on 20 April 1942
      Redesignated 2nd Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
      Redesignated 2nd Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
      Inactivated on 7 December 1945
      Disbanded on 8 October 1948
      Reconstituted and redesignated 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 September 1996
      Activated on 30 September 1996


      = Assignments

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      47th Bombardment Group, 20 April 1942
      II Ground Air Support Command, 1 May 1942
      III Ground Air Support Command (later III Air Support Command), 31 May 1942
      Twelfth Air Force, 26 December 1942; XII Air Support Command (later XII Tactical Air Command), 2 February 1943
      64th Fighter Wing, 6 July–c. November 1945
      4th Air Support Operations Group, 30 September 1996 – present


      = Stations

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      = Decorations

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      Air Force Outstanding Unit Award


      References




      = Notes

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      = Bibliography

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

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