12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron emblem
Active	???-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Combat Support
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Robins Air Force Base
Motto	Draconis Vigilantis
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Christopher J. Blaney ^[1]

The 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron is a unit of the Georgia Air National Guard that flies the E-8C Joint STARS. Its parent unit is the 116th Air Control Wing.

1 Mission
2 History
3 Assignments
- 3.1 Major Command
4 Previous Designations^[3]
5 Bases Stationed
6 Aircraft Operated^[4]
7 References
8 External links

Mission

History

Operation Ranch Hand began operations in January 1962 as Special Aerial Spray Flight of 309th Air Commando Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. In October 1966, expansion of the program led to redesignation of the flight as a separate squadron, the 12th Air Commando Squadron. The 12th ACS would soon relocate to Bien Hoa where it would remain for the remainder of the war.^[2]

Assignments

Major Command

Air National Guard/Air Combat Command (2002–Present)
United States Air Force/Air Combat Command (1996–2002)
United States Air Force/Military Airlift Command (1966–1970)

Previous Designations^[3]

12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (1996–Present)
12th Special Operations Squadron (1968–1970)
12th Air Commando Squadron (Defoliation) (1966–1968)
327th Ferrying Squadron (1944–1945)
2d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942–1944)
523d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (1942)

Bases Stationed

Robins Air Force Base, Georgia (1996–Present)
Phan Rang Air Base (1970)
Bien Hoa Air Base (1966)
Tan Son Nhut Air Base (1966)
Capodichino Air Base (1944–1945)
Clovis Army Air Field (1944)
Craw Field (1943)
RAF St Eval (1943)
Langley Field (1942)

Aircraft Operated^[4]

E-8C Joint STARS (1996–Present)
C-123 Provider (1966–1970)
C-46 Commando (1945)
C-47 Skytrain (1944–1945)
P-40 Warhawk (1944)
B-24 Liberator (1942–1944)
B-34 Lexington (1942)
B-18 Bolo (1942)
B-17 Flying Fortress (1942)

References

^ http://www.116acw.acc.af.mil/library/biographies/bio_print.asp?bioID=13832&page=1
^ Chinnery, Philip, Air Commando: Fifty Years of the USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Forces, 1944-1994. New York: St. Martins Mass Market Paper, Reprint Edition, January 1997 pp77-78
^ 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

External links

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Intelligence	102nd • 181st • 184th

Reconnaissance	147th • 163d • 214th

Specialized	106th Rescue • 116th Air Control • 129th Rescue • 131st Bomb • 193rd Special Operations • 194th Regional Support

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squadrons

Air command and control	12th • 16th • 128th

Airlift	105th • 109th • 115th • 118th • 130th • 135th • 136th • 137th • 139th • 142d • 143rd • 144th • 155th • 156th • 158th • 164th • 165th • 167th • 169th • 172d • 178th • 180th • 181st • 183d • 187th • 189th • 192d • 198th • 200th • 201st • 204th • 249th

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Reconnaissance	111th • 196th • 214th

Rescue	101st • 102d • 103d • 129th • 130th • 131st • 210th • 211th • 212th

Specialized	101st Intelligence • 110th Bomb • 113th Air Support Operations • 127th Command and Control • 154th Training • 161st Intelligence • 177th Information Warfare Aggressor • 193rd Special Operations

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Groups

Air operations	102d • 152d • 157th

Combat communications	162d • 201st • 226th • 251st • 252d • 253d • 254th • 281st

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Air Control	116th • 176th

Air Operations	112th

Air Traffic Control	270th • 245th

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Command and control	119th • 153d • 222d

Engineering and installation	130th • 202d • 205th • 210th • 211th • 212th • 213th • 214th • 215th • 217th • 218th • 219th • 220th • 241st • 243d • 270th • 272d

Intelligence	117th • 123d • 152d • 194th

RED HORSE	202d • 203d

Space operations	111th • 148th

Space warning	137th • 213th

Special tactics	125th

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