11th Air Support Operations Squadron

United States Air Force squadron January 2022 January 2022 11th Air Support Operations Squadron 1942–1945; 1994–2018 USA Control of close air support Squadron Watchful and Ready European Theater of Operations https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1849648/11-air-support-operations-squadron-acc/ Dollman David Factsheet 11 Air Support Operations Squadron (ACC) May 16, 2019 Air Force Historical Research Agency live January 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20201020005136/https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1849648/11-air-support-operations-squadron-acc/ 20 October 2020 Air Force Meritorious Unit AwardAir Force Outstanding Unit Award 165px 11th Air Support Operations Squadron emblemApproved 26 March 1988. 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. Post Cold War The squadron was reactivated as the 11th Air Support Operations Squadron in 1994 to support the 2nd Armored Division which was later re-flagged as 4th Infantry Division. When 4th Infantry Division was restationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, the Squadron provided support to the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, later renamed 3d 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. https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1563588/11th-asos-inactivates-after-24-years/ Snider Daniel 11th ASOS inactivates after 24 years June 28, 2018 Air Combat Command Public Affairs January 15, 2022 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.Lineage information through August 2016 in Dollman, Factsheet Inactivated c. 21 June 2018 Assignments III Air Support Command (later III Reconnaissance Command, III Tactical Air Command), 18 September 1942 IX Fighter Command, 11 December 1943 Ninth Air Force, c. 1 February 1944 IX Air Support Command, 26 February 1944 XIX Air Support Command (later XIX Tactical Air Command), 4 March 1944 XII Tactical Air Command, 4 July – c. 12 October 1945 3d Air Support Operations Group, 1 Jul 1994 – c. 21 June 2018 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),Station number in Anderson, p. 31. England, 10 December 1943 Aldermaston Court (Sta 476),Station number in Anderson, p. 32. England, 14 January 1944 Sunninghill Park (Sta 472), England, 12 February 1944 Aldermaston Court (Sta 476) England, 1 March 1944 Cricqueville Airfield (A-2),Station number in Johnson, p. 13. 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),Station number in Johnson, p. 53. 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),Station number in Johnson, p. 42. Germany, 26 April – c. September 1945 Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, 12 Oct 1945 Fort Hood, Texas, 1 Jul 1994 – c. 21 June 2018 References Notes Explanatory notes note Citations 40em Bibliography } Anderson Barry Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Timelines/World%20War%20II/usaaf_bases_in_united_kingdom.pdf?ver=2016-08-30-150752-303 1985 Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center Maxwell AFB, AL March 1, 2021 Johnson David C. U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO) D-Day to V-E Day http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-026.pdf 1988 Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center Maxwell AFB, AL https://web.archive.org/web/20150929064443/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-026.pdf September 29, 2015 June 26, 2017 Air Support Operations 0011 Category:Military units and formations in Texas Category:Military units and formations established in 1994