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The 162nd Combat Communications Group is an inactive unit of the California Air National Guard. It was headquartered at North Highlands Air National Guard Station near Sacramento, California.


Mission

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s and civil disturbances. When air guard units are in a non-mobilized status they are commanded by the governor of their respective state, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Territory of Guam, Territory of the Virgin Islands, and the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. The governors (except in the District of Columbia) are represented in the chain of command by the adjutant general of the state or territory. The Air National Guard under order of state authorities, provides protection of life and property, and preserves peace, order and public safety. State missions, which are funded by the individual states, include
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in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires;
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; protection of vital public services; and support to
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. The 162nd also provides the Adjutant General with voice and data communications throughout the
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during state emergencies or contingencies. Under its federal mission, the 162nd trained, deployed, operated and maintained tactical communications-electronic facilities, and provided tactical command and control communications services for operational commands supporting Military of the United States wartime contingencies. – Under its federal mission, the group trained, deployed, operated and maintained tactical communications-electronic facilities, and provided tactical command and control communications services for operational commands supporting US military wartime contingencies.


History

The 162nd's history goes back to the 599th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion activated at
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, Florida on 30 March 1944. Shortly thereafter, the unit moved to Oahu, Hawaii. Some of its components saw action in the Marshall and
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during World War II. The unit was inactivated on 29 July 1946, but was reactivated on 13 May 1948 as the 162nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group of the California Air National Guard. On 1 May 1951 the unit mobilized to serve state side during the Korean War until its inactivation on 6 February 1952. The following year, it returned to the State of California and was redesignated the 162nd Tactical Control Group, stationed at
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. At that time three of the presently assigned units (the 147th, 148th, and 149th) were Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons under the 162nd Group. On 1 March 1961, the group
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moved to the North Highlands Air National Guard Station near Sacramento, and was redesignated the 162nd Communications Group (Mobile). By that time the 222nd, 234th, and 261st units had joined the group. In 1966 the group was redesignated again, to the 162nd Mobile Communications Group. This designation they kept until 10 February 1976, when they were given their present designation of 162nd Combat Communications Group. The 162nd fell under the command of Air Force Air Combat Command at
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, Virginia. The group was inactivated on 1 September 2015 and its assets were transferred to the
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, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California.


Lineage

* Constituted as the 599th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion : Activated on 30 March 1944 : Inactivated on 29 July 1946 * Redesignated 162nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group and allotted to the National Guard in August 1946 : Activated on 13 May 1948 and federally recognized : Called to active duty on 1 May 1951 : Inactivated on 6 February 1952 * Redesignated 162nd Tactical Control Group and returned to the control of the Air National Guard : Activated on 1 Feb 1953 : Redesignated 162nd Communications Group (Mobile) on 1 March 1961 : Redesignated 162nd Mobile Communications Group on 16 March 1968 : Redesignated 162nd Combat Communications Group on 1 April 1976 : Redesignated 162nd Combat Information Systems Group on 1 July 1985 : Redesignated 162nd Combat Communications Group on 1 October 1986 : Inactivated on 1 September 2015


Assignments

* Signal Aircraft Warning Training Center, 30 March 1944 * VII Fighter Command c. September 1944 * Signal Aircraft Warning Service, VII Fighter Command, c. September 1944 – 29 July 1946 *
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, 13 May 1948 * California Air National Guard, c. 30 October 1950 * Fourth Air Force, 1 May 1951 * Western Air Defense Force, c. 10 May 1951 *
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, 1 June 1951 – 6 February 1952 * California Air National Guard, 1 January 1953 – 1 September 2015


Components

*
147th Combat Communications Squadron The United States Air Force's 147th Combat Communications Squadron (147 CBCS) is an Air National Guard combat communications unit located at San Diego, California. Mission To provide rapidly-deployable communications support for global combat ...
in San Diego, California *
148th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 148th Space Operations Squadron (148 SOPS) is a satellite control unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. The 148th SOPS is tasked with back-up command and control of the MILSTAR satellite constellation. Missio ...
at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California * 149th Combat Communications Squadron at North Highlands ANGS, California *216th Operations Support Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California * 222nd Combat Communications Squadron in Costa Mesa, California *
234th Intelligence Squadron The United States Air Force's 234th Intelligence Squadron is an Air National Guard intelligence unit located at Beale Air Force Base, California. History Lineage ; 234th Mobile Communications Flight * Constituted as the 234th Airways and Ai ...
at Beale AFB, California * 261st Combat Communications Squadron in Van Nuys, California


Stations

* Drew Field, Florida, 30 March 1944 * Oahu, Hawaii, c. September 1944 *
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, Mariana Islands, 22 September 1944 – 29 July 1946 * Van Nuys Municipal Airport, 13 May 1948 * Larson Air Force Base, Washington, c. 10 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 * Van Nuys Air National Guard Base, 1 January 1953 * North Highlands Air National Guard Station, 1 March 1961 – 1 September 2015


References


External links

{{California Groups of the United States Air National Guard Communications groups of the United States Air Force