The 17th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the ten Special Tactics Squadrons of

United States Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command ...

. It is garrisoned at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Overview

Special Tactics operators with the 17th STS, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, deploy with special operations forces to provide joint terminal attack control and maximize the impacts of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy the enemy. The squadron's primary mission is to provide special tactics TACPs to the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment for unconventional operations.

Organization

The 17th STS is made up of a headquarters unit and two operational detachments. The headquarters unit is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Detachment 1 (Red Team) is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia and is attached to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Detachment 2 (Silver Team) is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and is attached to the 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Each detachment consists of 13 TACPs and one ALO.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994 : Activated on 1 July 1994 * Redesignated 17th Special Tactics Squadron on 8 August 2013

Assignments

* 18th Air Support Operations Group 1 July 1994 * 720th Special Tactics Group 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2020 *

724th Special Tactics Group The 724th Special Tactics Group is one of the special operations ground components of the 24th Special Operations Wing, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The Group is headquartered at Pope Field, North Carolina. The Group ...

1 October 2020 - Present

Stations

* Fort Benning, Georgia, 1 July 1994 – present

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External links

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