Lineage

595th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (constituted on 29 Jan 1943; activated on 16 Feb 1943; inactivated on 1 May 1944) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 165th Liaison Squadron (Commando) (constituted on 9 Aug 1944; activated on 3 Sep 1944; inactivated on 3 Nov 1945) and the 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (constituted 965th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 28 Apr 1955; activated on 8 Aug 1955; inactivated on 30 Jun 1971; redesignated 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 28 Feb 1978; activated on 1 Jul 1978). Redesignated 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 Jul 1994.

Assignments

396th Bombardment Group, 16 Feb 1943?1 May 1944. 1st Air Commando Group, 3 Sep 1944?3 Nov 1945. 552d Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 8 Aug 1955?30 Jun 1971. 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 1978; 552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992?.

Stations

Mountain Home, AAfld, ID, 16 Feb 1943; Moses Lake AAB, WA, 10 Apr 1943; Drew Field, FL, 5 Nov 1943?1 May 1944. Asansol, India, 3 Sep 1944; Tamu, Burma, 14 Oct 1944; Yazagyo, Burma, 6 Nov 1944; Asansol, India, 27 Nov 1944; Kawlin, Burma, 28 Dec 1944 (detachment operated from Inbaung, Burma, 3?22 Jan 1945); Ye-U, Burma, 10 Jan 1945; Shwebo, Burma, 22 Jan 1945; Asansol, India, 21 Feb 1945; Sinthe, Burma, 14 Mar 1945; Asansol, India, 25 Apr?6 Oct 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 1?3 Nov 1945. McClellan AFB, CA, 8 Aug 1955?30 Jun 1971. Tinker AFB, OK, 1 Jul 1978?.

Aircraft

B?17, 1943?1944. C?64, 1944?1945; L?5, 1944?1945. RC?121, 1955?1963; EC?121, 1963?1971. E?3, 1978?1979, 1984?.

Operations

Operational training unit, Mar?Aug 1943; replacement training, Aug 1943?May 1944. Evacuation and light transport services for ground forces in Burma, 6 Oct 1944?23 Apr 1945. Long range surveillance, late 1950s. Rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia, c. 4 Apr 1965?c. Jun 1971. Not operational, c. Sep 1979?1 Jan 1984. Combat support in Panama, 20 Dec 1989?24 Jan 1990 and in Southwest Asia, 17 Jan?6 Mar 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: India-Burma; Central Burma. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. Panama, 1989?1990.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jul 1969?30 Jun 1970. 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 Jan 1984]?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 Jun 1971.

Emblem

On a Blue disc edged with a narrow Black border, arising in base a Black mountain with three White peaks surmounted by an eagle in descent, (head, neck and tail feathers White, body, upper legs and beak Yellow, lower legs, eye, claws, and details Black) grasping a Yellow lightning bolt; in the top of the disc an arc of three White five-pointed stars. Approved on 31 Jan 1979 (KE 67966); replaced emblem approved on 4 Sep 1956 (K 4705).