2nd Air Support Operations Squadron
Military unit
The United States Air Force 's 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron (2 ASOS) is a combat support unit located in Vilseck , Germany. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.
Mission
The 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron trains, equips, and maintains mission-ready air liaison, terminal attack control, and weather observation and forecasting elements to support the commanders of US Army units, such as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
Lineage
Constituted as the 2nd Communications Squadron , Air Support on 8 April 1942 Activated on 20 April 1942
Redesignated 2nd Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 2nd Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 7 December 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948 Reconstituted and redesignated 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 September 1996 Activated on 30 September 1996[ 1]
Assignments
Stations
Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma, 20 April 1942Camp Young , California, 18 May 1942Mansfield, Louisiana , 21 July 1942Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 23 September 1942
Camp Kilmer , New Jersey, 22 November 1942–11 December 1942Mers El Kebir , Algeria, 26 December 1942Sainte-Barbe du Tlelat Airfield , Algeria, 26 December 1942Oran , Algeria, 2 January 1943Oujda , French Morocco, 15 January 1943Algiers , Algeria, 12 June 1943Korba, Tunisia , 1 July 1943Tunis , Tunisia, 18 July 1943Gela Airfield , Sicily, Italy, July 1943Palermo , Sicily, Italy 31 July 194Milazzo Airfield , Sicily, Italy, 31 August 1943St Antoine, Italy, 11 September 1943
Paestum Airfield , Italy, 14 September 1943Pontecagnano Airport , Italy, 30 September 1943Naples , Italy, 7 October 1943Caserta , Italy, 24 October 1943Presenzano , Italy, 28 January 1944Sparanise , Italy, 27 March 1944Sermoneta , Italy, 3 June 1944Rome , Italy, 9 June 1944Tuscania , Italy, 17 June 1944Roccastrada , Italy, 2 July 1944Naples, Italy, 16 July 1944
Saint-Tropez , France, 14 August 1944Brignoles , France, 20 August 1944Grenoble , France, 30 August 1944Lons-le-Saunier , France, 7 September 1944Vesoul , France, 19 September 1944Epinal , France, 4 October 1944Sarrebourg , France, 29 November 1944Saverne , France, 8 December 1944Luneville , France, 1 January 1945Sarreguemines , France, 20 March 1945Kaiserslautern , Germany, 25 March 1945Darmstadt , Germany, 1 April 1945Kitzingen , Germany, 15 April 1945Schwäbisch Gmünd , Germany, 26 April 1945Augsburg , Germany, 2 May 1945Darmstadt, Germany, 30 May 1945
Stuttgart , Germany, 4 October 1945Darmstadt, Germany, 10 October 1945
Mannheim , Germany, 18 October 1945Marseilles , France, November–26 November 1945Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia, 7 December 1945Würzburg , Germany, 30 September 1996Vilseck , Germany, 12 Jan 2007 – present[ 1]
Decorations
References
Notes
Bibliography
public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Leadership Structure
Personnel and Uniforms and History and
