17th Special Tactics Squadron

Unit of the United States Air Force February 2023 17th Special Tactics Squadron 17th ASOS becomes 17th STS.jpg 300 Redesignation ceremony of the 17th ASOS as the 17th STS on 8 August 2013 at Fort Benning 1994–present United States of America USA Special Operations 24px Air Force Special Operations Command 25px 24th Special Operations Wing 25px 724th Special Tactics Group Fort Benning, Georgia Ex Id Aer Pro Id Terra (Latin: "Of the Air for the Ground") Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" DeviceGallant Unit CitationAir Force Meritorious Unit AwardAir Force Outstanding unit Award https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1501829/17-special-tactics-squadron-afsoc/ Bailey Carl E. Factsheet 17 Special Tactics Squadron (AFSOC) 24 April 2018 Air Force Historical Research Agency live 3 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155031/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1501829/17-special-tactics-squadron-afsoc/ 4 May 2018 165px 17th Special Tactics Squadron emblem (approved 6 June 1996) The 17th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the ten Special Tactics Squadrons of United States Air Force Special Operations Command. It is garrisoned at Fort Benning, Georgia. Overview Special Tactics operators with the 17th STS, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, deploy with special operations forces to provide joint terminal attack control and maximize the impact of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy the enemy. The squadron's primary mission is to provide special tactics Tactical Air Control Party Specialists (TACP) to the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment for unconventional operations.https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/495171/24th-sow-re-designates-17th-asos/ 24th SOW re-designates 17th ASOS Savage Craig 28 August 2013 24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs live 11 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184157/http://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/495171/24th-sow-re-designates-17th-asos/ 24 September 2017 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/877959/24th-special-operations-wing/ 24th Special Operations Wing 20 February 2015 24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Office dead 9 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170511172405/http://www.afsoc.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/877959/24th-special-operations-wing/ 11 May 2017 Organization The 17th STS is made up of a headquarters unit and two operational detachments. The headquarters unit is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Detachment 1 (Red Team) is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia and is attached to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0075ra001bn.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080324112347/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0075ra001bn.htm dead 24 March 2008 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment | Lineage and Honors Detachment 2 (Silver Team) is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and is attached to the 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0075ra002bn.htm https://archive.today/20121212214145/http://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0075ra002bn.htm dead 12 December 2012 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment | Lineage and Honors The squadron is primarily made up of TACP airmen. In addition to the TACPs in the unit, there are special reconnaissance airmen, combat controllers, special tactics officers, and combat mission support airmen.Skovlund Joshua September 2, 2020 Air Force’s 17th Special Tactics Squadron Surpasses 6,900 Days of Combat Alongside Rangers https://coffeeordie.com/air-force-17th-sts 2024-06-04 Coffee or Die Magazine en Each detachment consists of 13 TACPs and one Tactical Air Control Party officer (TACP-O). They have access to weaponry such as the MK46, M4, MK18, MK17, MK20, and sidearms such as the M9, Glock 19, and M17.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1n6ZFYkQDw Air Force Special Operations Night Jump – Static & HALO Jumps Out Of C-130H 2017-04-18 MiliSource 2024-06-04 YouTubeSoldiers fire SCAR heavy weapons https://www.dvidshub.net/news/119728/soldiers-fire-scar-heavy-weapons 2024-06-04 DVIDS en Lineage Constituted as the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994 Activated on 1 July 1994 Redesignated 17th Special Tactics Squadron on 8 August 2013 Assignments 18th Air Support Operations Group 1 July 1994 720th Special Tactics Group 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2020 724th Special Tactics Group 1 October 2020 – present24th SOW transitions responsibility of the 17th STS https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2371739/24th-sow-transitions-responsibility-of-the-17th-sts/ 2021-12-30 United States Air Force Academy en-US Stations Fort Benning, Georgia, 1 July 1994 – present See also List of United States Air Force special tactics squadrons References Notes Bibliography Further reading Col. John T. Carney Jr. Benjamin F. Schemmer No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran To Afghanistan 2003 Presidio Press 978-0345453358 External links 24th globalsecurity.org 017 017 Category:Military units and formations established in 1994