965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, US Air Force
965TH AIRBORNE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: 595 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (constituted on 29 January 1943; activated on 16 February 1943; inactivated on 1 May 1944) consolidated (19 September 1985) with the 165 Liaison Squadron (Commando) (constituted on 9 August 1944; activated on 3 September 1944; inactivated on 3 November 1945) and the 965 Airborne Warning and Control Squadron (constituted 965 Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 28 April 1955; activated on 8 August 1955; inactivated on 30 June 1971; redesignated 965 Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 28 February 1978; activated on 1 July 1978). Redesignated 965 Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 July 1994-. Operational training unit, March–August 1943; replacement training, August 1943–May 1944. Evacuation and light transport services for ground forces in Burma, 6 October 1944–23 April 1945. Long range surveillance, late 1950s. Rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia, c. 4 April 1965–c. June 1971. Not operational, c. September 1979–1 January 1984. Combat support in Panama, 20 December 1989–24 January 1990 and in Southwest Asia, 17 January–6 March 1991.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 31 January 1979.
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