The United States Air Force's 4th Air Support Operations Squadron was a combat support unit located at Mannheim, Germany with V Corps until it was inactivated in 2013.
4th Air Support Operations Squadron
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 A USAF Tactical Air Control Party specialist communicates with supporting aircraft during a training exercise | |
| Active | 1996–2013 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Air Support Operations |
| Part of | United States Air Forces Europe |
| Engagements | Kosovo War Iraq War[1] |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1] |
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| 4th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved 12 March 2004)[1] |  |
| 4th Air Support Operations Squadron (second emblem) | .png) |
| 4th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (early) | .png) |
Mission
editThe squadron provided tactical air command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations. It deployed personnel and command, control, communications, and computer (C4) systems and associated support equipment and materiel in order to establish an Air Support Operations Center) as part of the Theater Air Control System and providing airpower support to US Army V Corps.
History
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Lineage
edit- Constituted as the 4th Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 September 1996
- Activated on 30 September 1996
- Inactivated on 13 September 2013[1]
Assignments
edit- 4th Air Support Operations Group, 30 September 1996 – 13 September 2013[1]
Stations
edit- Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim, Germany, 30 September 1996 – 13 September 2013[1]
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency