List of United States Air Force airborne command and control squadrons

Squadron Patch Location Nickname Airframe Note
1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron Offutt AFB "First Axe" Nightwatch E-4B NEACP (Knee Cap)- National Emergency Airborne Command Post
2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron Offutt AFB Looking Glass EC-135C SAC Airborne Command Post - Coverall, Inactive
3d Airborne Command and Control Squadron Tinker AFB C-135E CinC - SPACECOM, Inactive
4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Ellsworth AFB Looking Glass EC-135A/C/G/L SAC Airborne Command Post - Coverall, Inactive
5th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Never activated
6th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Langley AFB Scope Light EC-135H/P LANTCOM Airborne Command Post - Coverall, Inactive Inactive
7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron Al Udeid AB EC-135K /EC-130E/H
8th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Tinker AFB EC-135K Redesignated 8th Weapons Squadron Inactive
9th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Hickam AFB Blue Eagle EC-135P/J PACCOM ABNCP Inactive
10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron RAF Mildenhall Silk Purse EC-135H EURCOM Airborne Command Post - Inactive
11th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Never activated
12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "Dragons" E-8 JSTARS
16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "Phoenix Warriors" E-8 JSTARS
18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron
42d Airborne Command and Control Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB EC-130
128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "Alley Cats" E-8 JSTARS
1000th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Andrews AFB Nightwatch EC-135J NEACP (Knee Cap)- National Emergency Airborne Command Post Inactive Replaced by 1st ACCS
6486th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Hickam AFB Blue Eagle EC-135P PACCOM Airborne Command Post - Inactive Replaced by 9th ACCS
7120th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Châteauroux-Déols Air Base, France Silk Purse EC-118G EURCOM Airborne Command Post - Inactive Replaced by 10th ACCS

See also