970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, US Air Force
970TH AIRBORNE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 29 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 November 1940. Activated on 1 April 1941. Redesignated as: 29 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 7 May 1942; 29 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 12 April 1944. Inactivated on 1 November 1946. Redesignated as 130 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, Photographic, on 24 July 1951. Activated on 1 August 1951. Redesignated as: 130 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, on 16 June 1952; 130 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Heavy, on 16 October 1952. Inactivated on 1 January 1953. Consolidated (19 September 1985) with the 360 Reconnaissance Squadron, which was constituted, and activated, on 4 April 1966. Organized on 8 April 1966. Redesignated as 360 Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967. Inactivated on 31 July 1973. Redesignated: 970 Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 18 September 1985; 970 Airborne Air Control Squadron on 7 March 1996. Activated in the Reserve on 15 March 1996. Antisubmarine patrols in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in defense of the Panama Canal during World War II. Replacement training, 1943-1945 and 1951-1952. Monitored and located enemy radio transmitters and conducted psychological warfare operations in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1966-1972. Since March 1996, trained for and flew airborne command and control missions, some overseas. Supported presidential visits to South America, 2004 and 2005.
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The Emblem was approved on 29 April 1942; updated in September 2001.
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