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 group provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.[2]

1st Air Support Operations Group
A group joint tactical air controller provides security during a training exercise at Fort Irwin.
Active1942–1945; 1992–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeGroup
RoleControl of close air support
Part ofPacific Air Forces
Garrison/HQJoint Base Lewis-McChord
Motto(s)Ready First
EngagementsCBI Theater[1]
Insignia
1st Air Support Operations Group emblem[note 1][1]1st Air Support Operations Group

Mission

The group 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.[3]

Prior to the reformation of the Special Operations Weather career field into the new Special Reconnaissance field, the group operated a small contingent of special operations weather technician airmen.[4]

The group is assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.[3] The group is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Lineage
  • Constituted as the 1st Communications Squadron, Air Support on 31 March 1942
Activated on 23 April 1942
Redesignated 1st Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 1st Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 29 October 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
  • Reconstituted, redesignated 1st Air Support Group and activated on 15 June 1992
Redesignated 1st Air Support Operations Group on 1 July 1994[1]

Assignments

Stations
  • Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone, 23 April 1942
  • Birmingham Army Air Base, Alabama, Apr 1943
  • Lebanon Army Air Field, Tennessee, 8 September 1943
  • Morris Field, North Carolina, 28 November 1943 – 11 February 1944
  • Bombay, India, 31 March 1944
  • Dinjan, India, 23 April 1944
  • Myitkyina, Burma, c. 23 October 1944
  • Bhamo, Burma, 15 February 1945
  • Lüliang, China, 24 April – September 1945
  • Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 28-29 October 1945
  • Fort Lewis (later became part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord), Washington, 15 June 1992 – present[1]

Components

References

Notes
Explanatory notes
  1. Approved 15 September 1997.
Citations
  1. Bailey, Carl E. (20 May 2019). "Factsheet 1 Air Support Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. "We are the Corps' Airmen"
  3. "1st Air Support Operations Group". Eielson Air Force Base. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2019. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Spec ops weathermen get name change, new mission to better fight great powers". 13 May 2019.

Bibliography

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