• Source: 5th Air Support Operations Squadron

      • The United States Air Force's 5th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support squadron located at Fort Lewis, Washington. The unit provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.


      History




      = World War II

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      The squadron was first activated in May 1942 as the 5th Communications Squadron. After training in the United States, it moved to Australia in May 1943, where it became an element of Fifth Air Force as the 5th Air Support Communication Squadron. It participated in combat, earning arrowhead devices for participation in amphibious landings in New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and Leyte. Its air support parties served with United States Marines and United States and Australian Army forces, directing air support missions for the forces they served. After V-J Day, the squadron was inactivated in the Philippines in November 1945.


      = Reactivation

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      The squadron was reactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington in July 1994 as the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron. It has deployed personnel to fight since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, notably during the Iraq War (2003-2010). The unit's Joint Terminal Attack Controllers are traditionally aligned with I Corps and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord based Stryker Brigades, but due to manning shortages and theater requirements, the unit's airmen have deployed with many different units during the past decade.


      Lineage


      Constituted as the 5th Communications Squadron, Air Support on 15 May 1942
      Activated on 22 May 1942
      Redesignated 5th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
      Redesignated 5th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
      Redesignated 5th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
      Inactivated on 28 November 1945
      Disbanded on 8 October 1948
      Reconstituted and redesignated 5th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994
      Activated on 1 July 1994


      = Assignments

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      I Ground Air Support Command (later I Air Support Command), 15 May 1942
      Fifth Air Force, June 1943
      308th Bombardment Wing, 25 July 1945
      XIII Bomber Command, 20 October–28 November 1945
      1st Air Support Operations Group, 1 July 1994 – present


      = Stations

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      Mitchel Field, New York, 22 May 1942
      Lebanon, Tennessee, 9 September 1942
      Morris Field, North Carolina, c. 21 October 1942 – 8 May 1943
      Brisbane, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1943
      Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 26 July 1943
      Port Moresby, New Guinea, 11 September 1943
      Finschhafen, New Guinea, 29 February 1944
      Hollandia, New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 30 August 1944
      Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 1 October 1944
      Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 14 May–28 November 1945
      Fort Lewis (later part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord), Washington, 1 July 1994 – present


      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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