1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron
The 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron (1 ACCS) is part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operates the E-4 aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.
Mission
History
The squadron was first established as an observation unit on front lines with French Eighth Army and American I Corps from, 19 April–17 October 1918 and served with III Corps as part of occupation forces from, November 1918–April 1919.[1]
It ferried aircraft from factories in the Western Procurement District to overseas departure points from, April 1942–March 1944. Since 1969 it has provided aircraft for National Emergency Airborne Command Post in support of Presidential requirements.[1]
Operations[1]
Lineage[1]
- Company A, 2d Balloon Squadron (25 September 1917–1918)
- 1st Balloon Company (19 June 1918–25 July 1922)
- 1st Airship Company (24 March 1923–1927)
- 1st Balloon Company (1927–1933) (Constituted on 18 Oct 1927, and activated 17 May 1929. It was assigned to the Sixth Corps Area and then to the Field Artillery School in June 1929.)
- 1st Balloon Squadron (1 October 1933–1942) (The unit was assigned to the III Air Support Command, attached to Field Artillery School, from 1 September 1941 until 6 February 1942, when it was disbanded.)
- 1st Air Corps Ferrying Squadron (15 April 1942–1943) (Assigned to the 6th Ferrying Group until 1 April 1944.)
- 1st Ferrying Squadron (12 May 1943–1 April 1944)
- 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron was constituted on 9 May 1969, and was activated on 1 July 1969 and assigned to the 1st Composite Wing. It was subsequently assigned to the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing on 1 November 1975. Consolidated, it was assigned to the 55th Wing on 1 September 1991.
Assignments[1]
- Balloon Wing, I Corps (1918)
- Balloon Group, I Corps (1918)
- Balloon Group, III Corps (1918–1919)
- Air Service Balloon Observers School (1919–1922)
- IX Corps Area (1922)
- VI Corps Area (1929)
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- Field Artillery School (1929–1941)
- III Air Support Command (1941–1942)
- Attached: Field Artillery School (1 September 1941 - 6 February 1942)
- 6th Ferrying Group (1942–1944)
- 1st Composite Wing (1969–1975)
- 55th Wing (1975–Present)
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Bases stationed[1]
- Fort Omaha, Nebraska (1917)
- Garden City, New York (1917)
- Camp-de-Souge, France (1918)
- Brouville, France (1918)
- Montreuil-aux-Lions, France (1918)
- Épaux-Bézu, France (1918)
- Épieds, France (1918)
- Artois-Ferme , France (1918)
- Mareuil-en-Dôle, France (1918)
- Courcelles-sur-Vesles, France (1918)
- Tremblecourt, France (1918)
- Domèvre-en-Haye, France (1918)
- Neuvilly-en-Argonne, France (1918)
- Varennes-en-Argonne, France (1918)
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- Chatel-Chéhéry, France (1918)
- Auzeville-en-Argonne, France (1918)
- Mercy-le-Bas, France (1918)
- Euren, Germany (1918)
- Coblenz, Germany (1918–1919)
- Colombey-les-Belles, France (1919)
- Saint-Nazaire, France (1919)
- Camp Lee, Virginia (1919)
- Ross Field, California (1919–1922)
- Scott Field, Illinois (1929)
- Post Field, Oklahoma (1929–1942)
- Long Beach, California (1942–1944)
- Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (1969–1977)
- Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska (1977–Present)
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Aircraft Operated[1]
- Type R Observation Balloon (1918–1922)
- A-6 Spherical Balloon (1929–1942)
- A-7 Spherical Balloon (1929–1942)
- C-3 Observation Balloon (1929 - c. 1939)
- C-6 Observation Balloon (1937 - c. 1942)
- D-2 Barrage Balloon (1939)
- D-3 Barrage Balloon (1940–1942)
- D-4 Barrage Balloon (1940–1942)
- D-5 Barrage Balloon (1940–1942)
- D-6 Barrage Balloon (1940–1942)
- EC-135J (1969–1975)
- E-4 (1974–Present)
See also
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