Lineage

Constituted 862d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 Sep 1943. Activated on 1 Nov 1943. Redesignated 862d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 21 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 28 Aug 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 962d Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron, which was constituted on 30 Mar 1955. Activated on 8 Jul 1955. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969. Redesignated: 962d Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron on 31 Jul 1979; 962d Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 19 Sep 1985. Activated on 1 Jul 1986. Redesignated 962d Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 Aug 1994.

Assignments

493d Bombardment Group, 1 Nov 1943?28 Aug 1945 (attached to 3d Air Division, 17 Feb?7 May 1945). 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 8 Jul 1955?31 Dec 1969. 28th Air Division, 1 Jul 1986; 552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992; 3d Operations Group, 1 May 1993?.

Stations

McCook AAFld, NE, 1 Nov 1943?1 Jan 1944; Elveden Hall, England, 1 Jan 1944; Debach, England, 17 Apr 1944; Wormingford, England, 17 Feb 1945; Debach, England, 18 May?6 Aug 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, c. 13?28 Aug 1945. Otis AFB, MA, 8 Jul 1955?31 Dec 1969. Elmendorf AFB, AK, 1 Jul 1986?.

Aircraft

B?24, 1944; B?17, 1944?1945; P?51, 1945. C/RC/EC?121, 1955?1969. E?3, 1986?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 6 Jun 1944?15 Feb 1945; weather reconnaissance in ETO, 17 Feb?7 May 1945. Airborne surveillance and combat control, 1955?1969 and 1986?. Supported combat operations in Southwest Asia, Jan?Feb 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1957?31 Oct 1958; [1 Jul 1986]?31 Mar 1987; 1 Apr 1987?31 Mar 1989.

Emblem

Vert, an eagle volant and issuant from sinister chief Sable, tail and head Argent, feet and beak Or, and grasping in sinister talon a lightning flash bendwise sinister Yellow, all within a diminished border of the first. MOTTO: EYES OF THE EAGLE. Approved on 23 Oct 1995 (HRA?95?211); replaced emblems approved on 6 Aug 1986 and 14 Feb 1957 (156487 A.C.).