113th Air Support Operations Squadron

113th Air Support Operations Squadron
113th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem
Active	26 August 1917–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Intelligence analysis and information protection
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Hulman Field
Nickname	Racers
Engagements	World War II

The 113th Air Support Operations Squadron is a unit of the Indiana Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 181st Intelligence Wing. It operates the Distributed Common Ground System.

1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

History

Evidently a supply unit, 1917–1919. Emergency operations while under state control included flood-relief in southern Indiana in 1937. Antisubmarine patrols, December 1941 – January 1942, c. February–June 1942; aerial support for training ground forces, 1942–1943.

Indiana Air National Guard Service, 1946–present

Lineage

Organized as 113th Aero Squadron on 26 August 1917

Redesignated as: 634th Aero Supply Squadron on 1 February 1918

Demobilized on 31 March 1919

Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 137th Squadron which, having been allotted to Indiana National Guard, was organized on 1 August 1921

Redesignated as: 113th Squadron on 3 January 1923

Redesignated as: 113th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923

Redesignated as: 113th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942

Redesignated as: 113th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942

Redesignated as: 113th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) on 2 April 1943

Redesignated as: 113th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 15 June 1943

Redesignated as: 113th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943

Disbanded on 30 November 1943

Reconstituted on 21 June 1945

Redesignated as: 113th Fighter Squadron and allotted to Indiana Air National Guard on 24 May 1946.

Received federal recognition and activated on 9 December 1946

Federalized and placed on active duty, 10 February 1951

Re-designated: 113th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine), 10 February 1951

Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 1 November 1952

Returned to 113th Fighter Squadron designation, 1 November 1952

Redesignated as: 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron in 1962

Redesignated as: 113th Fighter Squadron in 1992

Redesignated as: 113th Air Support Operations Squadron in 2008

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Assignments

Unknown, 26 August-15 September 1917
Pennsylvania National Guard, 15 September 1917 – 31 March 1919
Indiana National Guard, 1 August 1921

Originally intended as corps air service, served from 1923 as divisional aviation, 38th Division

Federalized and activated, assigned to V Army Corps, 17 January 1941
67th Observation Group, 1 September 1941

Attached to 66th Observation Group, 12 December 1941 – 20 January 1942

77th Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 12 March 1942 – 30 November 1943
Indiana Air National Guard, 24 May 1946–1952;1962-Present

122d Tactical Fighter Group (ADC), 9 December 1946

122d Tactical Fighter Group (ConAC), 1 December 1948

122d Tactical Fighter Group (ADC), 1 January 1951

Federalized and placed on active duty under Air Defense Command, 10 February 1951

122d Fighter Interceptor Group, 10 February 1951

4706th Defense Wing 6 February 1952

33d Air Division (CADF), 1 April 1952

Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 1 November 1952

122d Fighter Interceptor Group (ADC), 1 November 1952

181st Tactical Fighter Group (TAC), 1962

181st Fighter Group (ACC), 1992

181st Fighter Wing (ACC), 1995

181st Intelligence Wing (AFISRA), 2008-Present

Stations

Kelly Field, Texas, 26 August 1917
Middletown Airfield, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1917 – 31 March 1919
Kokomo, Indiana, 1 August 1921
Indianapolis, Indiana, 1926
Key Field, Mississippi, 27 January 1941
MacDill Field, Florida, 16 December 1941
Key Field, Mississippi, 27 January 1942
New Orleans AAB, Louisiana, 5 February 1942
Hattiesburg AAF, Mississippi, 23 June 1942

Stinson Field, Texas, 6 July 1942
DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, 27 July 1942
Alamo AAF, Texas, 28 September 1942
Abilene AAF, Texas, 1 July 1943
Esler AAF, Louisiana, 13 September 1943
Birmingham, AAF, Alabama, 14–30 November 1943
Baer Field, Indiana, 1946-1951

Operated from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois , 1 May 1951-1 November 1952 (Federalized Service)

Hulman Field, Indiana 1962–present

Aircraft

JN-6, JNS-1, PT-1, BT-1, O-2, O-11, and O-17 during period 1921–1933
O-38, C. 1932–1941
O-47, C. 1938–1942
O-49 and 0–52, 1941–1942
L-4, 1942
P-39, 1942–1943
F51H,F51D 1951–1952

F-16C Block 30 Fighting Falcon (1995–2007)
F-16C Block 25 Fighting Falcon (1991–1995)
F-4C Phantom II (1979–1991)
F-100D/F Super Sabre (1971–1979)
F-84F Thunderstreak (1964–1971)
RF-84F Thunderstreak (1962–1964)

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References

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War I portal
	World War II portal

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

^ Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0
^ World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.

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113th Air Support Operations Squadron

Contents

History

Lineage

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

See also

References

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