1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, US Air Force

1ST AIRBORNE COMMAND AND CONTROL SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Organized as Company A, 2 Balloon Squadron on 25 Sep 1917. Redesignated as 1 Balloon Company on 19 Jun 1918. Inactivated on 25 Jul 1922. Redesignated 1 Airship Company on 24 Mar 1923. Consolidated (31 Jul 1929) with 1 Balloon Company, which was constituted on 18 Oct 1927, and activated, on 17 May 1929. Redesignated 1 Balloon Squadron on 1 Oct 1933. Disbanded on 6 Feb 1942. Reconstituted and consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with: 1 Ferrying Squadron which was constituted as 1 Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942, activated on 15 Apr 1942, redesignated 1 Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943, disbanded on 1 Apr 1944; and the 1 Airborne Command Control Squadron, which was constituted on 9 May 1969 and activated on 1 Jul 1969. Consolidated unit retained the designation of 1 Airborne Command Control Squadron. Operations: Observation unit on front lines with French Eighth Army and American I Army Corps, 19 Apr–17 Oct 1918; served with III Army Corps as part of occupation forces, Nov 1918–Apr 1919. Ferried aircraft from factories in the Western Procurement District to overseas departure points, Apr 1942–Mar 1944. Beginning in 1969, provided aircraft for National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) in support of Presidential requirements; NEACP name changed to National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) in 1994. Added second mission to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in national disaster relief operations, 1994-. Continued airborne command and control operations well into the twenty-first century.

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Emblem Approved on 8 Aug 1969; latest rendering, 27 Aug 2021.

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