966th Airborne Air Control Squadron, US Air Force
966TH AIRBORNE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: 466th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (constituted on 9 July 1942; activated on 15 July 1942; inactivated on 1 April 1944) consolidated (19 September 1985) with the 166th Liaison Squadron (Commando) (constituted on 9 August 1944; activated on 3 September 1944; inactivated on 3 November 1945) and the 966th Airborne Warning and Control Training Squadron (constituted 966th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron, and activated on 18 December 1961; organized on 1 February 1962; inactivated on 31 December 1969; redesignated 966th Airborne Warning and Control Training Squadron on 5 May 1976; activated on 1 July 1976). Redesignated 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 July 1994. Replacement training, August 1942-November 1943. Evacuation and light transport services for ground forces in Burma, 13 November 1944-10 May 1945. Airborne radar surveillance, 1962-1969. Rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia, c. 4 April 1965-c. December 1969. Trained aircrews 1977-.
| English | Per bend Celeste and Sable a lightning flash issuant from sinister base bendwise throughout Gules fimbriated Or surmounted by an eagle proper and grasping in both feet a telescope Argent garnished Yellow above a wreath of laurel of the last; all within a diminished bordure of the second. |
Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on Approved on 15 May 1989 (DFSC 90-02544); replaced emblem approved on 14 June 1963 (K 14211).
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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