2nd Air Support Operations Squadron explained

Unit Name:	2nd Air Support Operations Squadron
Dates:	1942–1945 1996–present
Type:	Combat Support
Role:	Air Support Operations
Command Structure:	United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Third Air Force 435th Air Ground Operations Wing 4th Air Support Operations Group
Garrison:	Vilseck, Germany
Motto:	Strike with Fury
Battles:	Mediterranean Theater of Operations Iraq War^[1]
Decorations:	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Identification Symbol Label:	2nd Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved 26 April 2000)

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

47th Bombardment Group, 20 April 1942
II Ground Air Support Command, 1 May 1942
III Ground Air Support Command (later III Air Support Command), 31 May 1942
Twelfth Air Force, 26 December 1942; XII Air Support Command (later XII Tactical Air Command), 2 February 1943
64th Fighter Wing, 6 July–c. November 1945
4th Air Support Operations Group, 30 September 1996 – present^[1]

Stations

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 20 April 1942
Camp Young, California, 18 May 1942
Mansfield, Louisiana, 21 July 1942
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 23 September 1942
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 22 November 1942–11 December 1942
Mers El Kebir, Algeria, 26 December 1942
Sainte-Barbe du Tlelat Airfield, Algeria, 26 December 1942
Oran, Algeria, 2 January 1943
Oujda, French Morocco, 15 January 1943
Algiers, Algeria, 12 June 1943
Korba, Tunisia, 1 July 1943
Tunis, Tunisia, 18 July 1943
Gela Airfield, Sicily, Italy, July 1943
Palermo, Sicily, Italy 31 July 194
Milazzo Airfield, Sicily, Italy, 31 August 1943
St Antoine, Italy, 11 September 1943
Paestum Airfield, Italy, 14 September 1943
Pontecagnano Airport, Italy, 30 September 1943
Naples, Italy, 7 October 1943
Caserta, Italy, 24 October 1943
Presenzano, Italy, 28 January 1944
Sparanise, Italy, 27 March 1944
Sermoneta, Italy, 3 June 1944
Rome, Italy, 9 June 1944
Tuscania, Italy, 17 June 1944
Roccastrada, Italy, 2 July 1944
Naples, Italy, 16 July 1944
Saint-Tropez, France, 14 August 1944
Brignoles, France, 20 August 1944
Grenoble, France, 30 August 1944
Lons-le-Saunier, France, 7 September 1944
Vesoul, France, 19 September 1944
Epinal, France, 4 October 1944
Sarrebourg, France, 29 November 1944
Saverne, France, 8 December 1944
Luneville, France, 1 January 1945
Sarreguemines, France, 20 March 1945
Kaiserslautern, Germany, 25 March 1945
Darmstadt, Germany, 1 April 1945
Kitzingen, Germany, 15 April 1945
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, 26 April 1945
Augsburg, Germany, 2 May 1945
Darmstadt, Germany, 30 May 1945
Stuttgart, Germany, 4 October 1945
Darmstadt, Germany, 10 October 1945
Mannheim, Germany, 18 October 1945
Marseilles, France, November–26 November 1945
Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, 7 December 1945
Würzburg, Germany, 30 September 1996
Vilseck, Germany, 12 Jan 2007 – present^[1]

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award^[2]

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

Web site: Factsheet 2 Air Support Operations Squadron (USAFE). Dollman. TSG David. June 16, 2017. Air Force Historical Research Agency. live . 2022-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125074628/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/862247/2-air-support-operations-squadron-usafe/ . 2016-11-25 .
AF FOIA Request 2009-01965, 13 Jul 2009