Lineage

3d Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) (constituted 3d Sea?Search Attack Squadron [Heavy] on 7 Dec 1942; activated on 10 Dec 1942; redesignated 3d Search Attack Squadron [Heavy] on 22 Nov 1943; disbanded on 10 Apr 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 163d Liaison Squadron (constituted on 11 May 1944; activated on 15 May 1944; inactivated on 27 Jan 1946; activated on 3 Oct 1946; inactivated on 1 Apr 1949) and the 963d Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (constituted 963d Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 8 Dec 1954; activated on 8 Mar 1955; inactivated on 30 Apr 1976; redesignated 963d Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 5 May 1976; activated on 1 Jul 1976). Redesignated 963d Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 Jul 1994.

Assignments

1st Sea?Search Attack Group (later, 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit; 1st Search Attack Group), 10 Dec 1942?10 Apr 1944. III Tactical Air Division, 15 May 1944; Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, 20 Jan 1945 (attached to Tenth Army for operations, 20 Jan 1945?); Seventh Air Force, 14 Jul 1945 (remained attached to Tenth Army to 10 Aug 1945); VII Bomber Command, 1 Dec 1945; Pacific Air Command, US Army, 25 Dec 1945?27 Jan 1946. Ninth Air Force, 3 Oct 1946; Tenth Air Force, 1 Dec 1948?1 Apr 1949. 8th Air Division, 8 Mar 1955 (attached to Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, Provisional, 8 Mar?7 Jul 1955); 552d Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Group), 8 Jul 1955?30 Apr 1976. 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division; 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing; 552d Air Control Wing), 1 Jul 1976; 552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992?.

Stations

Langley Field, VA, 10 Dec 1942?10 Apr 1944. Cox Field, TX, 15 May 1944; Brownwood AAfld, TX, 8 Oct 1944?1 Jan 1945; Schofield Barracks, TH, 20 Jan?6 Apr 1945; Okinawa, 3 May 1945; Ft William McKinley, Luzon, c. 24 Dec 1945?27 Jan 1946. Marshall Field (later, AFB), KS, 3 Oct 1946?1 Apr 1949. McClellan AFB, CA, 8 Mar 1955?30 Apr 1976. Tinker AFB, OK, 1 Jul 1976?.

Aircraft

B?18, 1942?1943; B?24, 1943?1944. L?5, 1944?1945; UC?64, 1944; L?4, 1945. L?5, 1946?1949; C?45, 1946?1947; R?5, 1947?1949; R?6, 1947; L?13, 1948?1949; H?5, 1948?1949. RC?121, 1955?1959, 1961?1963; TC?121, 1959?1961, 1972?1975; EC?121, 1963?1972; C?121, 1969?1976. E?3, 1977?.

Operations

Tested electronic equipment and trained crews for antisubmarine operations; antisubmarine patrols, 1943. Replacement training unit, Jun?Oct 1944. Combat in Western Pacific, 16 May?c. 1 Jul 1945. Long?range surveillance, 1955?1974. Rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia, c. 4 Apr 1965?17 May 1974. Combat support in Panama, 20 Dec 1989?24 Jan 1990, and Southwest Asia, 17 Jan?6 Mar 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Ryukyus. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Panama, 1989?1990.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jul 1969?30 Jun 1970; 1 Jul 1971?31 Dec 1972. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1961?30 Jun 1963; 15 Apr 1965?1 Jul 1966; 2 Jul 1966?1 Jul 1968; 1 Jul 1970?30 Jun 1971; 1 Jul 1974?30 Jun 1975; 1 Jul 1977?30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1978?30 Jun 1980; 1 Jul 1982?30 Jun 1984; 1 May 1985?30 Apr 1987; 1 May 1987?30 Apr 1989; 1 Dec 1989?1 Dec 1991. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 1 Apr 1966?28 Jan 1973.

Emblem

A disc checky, Black and White, edged with a narrow Black border, overall a Blue winged chess knight garnished Light Blue, eyed Yellow emitting three lightning bolts, one to dexter, one to the sinister top of the disc and one towards sinister base. Approved on 24 May 1977 (KE 62823); replaced emblem approved on 15 Aug 1956 (155205 A.C.).