Unit Name: | 7th Air Support Operations Squadron |
Dates: | 1944–1945; 2008–present |
Role: | control of Air Support |
Command Structure: | Air Combat Command |
Garrison: | Fort Bliss, Texas |
Nickname: | Hustlers |
Battles: | China-Burma-India Theater[1] |
Decorations: | Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
Identification Symbol Label: | 7th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem (approved 26 October 2009) |
The United States Air Force's 7th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The squadron provides tactical command and control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations. The desert terrain of Fort Bliss offers a perfect training ground for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers to continue their training. The support the 7th offers the Army is deploying with its divisions, for example, the 1AD (1st Armored Division), and acting as the gateway to the Air Force's attack aircraft to neutralize any hostile threats that the Army division themselves cannot face.
Activated on 17 February 1944
Inactivated on 7 December 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Unknown, 19 April-10 July 1944