3rd Air Support Operations Squadron
The 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit of the United States Air Force, located at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Mission
The squadron trains, equips, and deploys Tactical Air Control Party members, air liaison officers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support commanders of the 11th Airborne Division and its 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.Detachment 1 of the squadron trains, equips, and deploys airborne-qualified TACP members, air liaison officers, joint terminal attack controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support the commanders of the 11th Airborne Division and its 2nd [Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division], at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 3d Direct Air Support Flight and activated on 17 September 1964
- Redesignated 3rd Air Support Operations Center Flight on 16 May 1980
Assignments
- Pacific Air Forces, 17 September 1964
- 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 October 1964 – 15 September 1968
- Alaskan Air Command, 1 June 1980
- 11th Tactical Control Group, 1 July 1981
- 343rd Operations Group, 27 January 1992
- 354th Operations Group, 20 August 1993
- 611th Air Operations Group, 1 July 1994
- 354th Operations Group, 14 February 2003
- 1st Air Support Operations Group, 1 October 2008 – present
Stations
- Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 8 October 1964 – 15 September 1968
- Fort Richardson, Alaska, 1 June 1980
- Fort Wainwright, Alaska, 1 July 1991
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 13 September 2010 – present