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United States Air Force squadron
Military unit
The
United States Air Force 's 11th Air Support Operations Squadron was a combat support unit located at
Fort Hood , Texas. The
squadron provided tactical command and control of airpower assets to the
Joint Forces Air Component Commander and
Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.
History
World War II
The squadron saw combat in the
European Theater of Operations from
D-Day to
V-E Day . Its air support parties primarily served
United States Third Army units, directing air support missions for the ground forces they served. It provided three teams that participated in airborne and amphibious landings in the initial 6 Jun 1944 D-Day invasion.
[1]
Post Cold War
The squadron was reactivated as the 11th Air Support Operations Squadron in 1994 to support the
3rd Cavalry Regiment . It provided
Air Liaison Officers ,
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers and Combat Mission Support Teams that administered airpower to ground forces until inactivating in 2018. After 24 years of service, the
squadron was inactivated in a ceremony at
Fort Hood , Texas on 21 June 2018. Personnel of the unit was absorbed into the
9th Air Support Operations Squadron , also based at Fort Hood.
[2]
Lineage
Constituted as the 11th Communications Squadron , Air Support on 9 September 1942
Activated on 18 Sep 1942
Redesignated 11th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 11th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 11th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 12 October 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted and redesignated 11th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994
Activated on 1 July 1994.
[3]
Inactivated c. 21 June 2018
[2]
Assignments
Stations
Birmingham Army Air Base , Alabama, 18 September 1942
Key Field , Mississippi, 26 February 1943
Lebanon Army Air Field , Tennessee, c. 30 May 1943
Birmingham Army Air Base, Alabama, c. 22 September – 16 November 1943
RAF Aldermaston (Sta 467),
[4] England, 10 December 1943
Aldermaston Court (Sta 476),
[5] England, 14 January 1944
Sunninghill Park (Sta 472),
[5] England, 12 February 1944
Aldermaston Court (Sta 476) England, 1 March 1944
Cricqueville Airfield (A-2),
[6] France, 9 Jul 1944
Nehou , France, 12 July 1944
Le Bingard, France, 31 July 1944
Mesnil-Rousset , France, 4 August 1944
Poilley , France, 8 August 1944
Andouille, France, 16 August 1944
Autainville , France, 31 August 1944
Chalons-en-Champagne , France, 13 September 1944
Etain Airfield (A-82),
[7] France, 24 September 1944
Nancy, France , 14 October 1944
Luxembourg , Luxembourg, 16 January 1945
Idar-Oberstein , Germany, 28 March 1945
Hersfeld , Germany, 9 April 1945
Erlangen (R-96),
[8] Germany, 26 April – c. September 1945
Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia, 12 Oct 1945
Fort Hood, Texas, 1 Jul 1994 – c. 21 June 2018
[3]
[2]
References
Notes
Explanatory notes
^ Approved 26 March 1988.
Citations
^
a
b
c
d Dollman, David (16 May 2019).
"Factsheet 11 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC)" . Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022 .
^
a
b
c
d Snider, Daniel (28 June 2018).
"11th ASOS inactivates after 24 years" . Air Combat Command Public Affairs. Retrieved 15 January 2022 .
^
a
b
c Lineage information through August 2016 in Dollman, Factsheet
^ Station number in Anderson, p. 31.
^
a
b Station number in Anderson, p. 32.
^ Station number in Johnson, p. 13.
^ Station number in Johnson, p. 53.
^ Station number in Johnson, p. 42.
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