The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG) was a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA. The 201 CCG was composed of a group headquarters and five assigned units located on the

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Mission

The 201st CCG's mission was to provide tactical communications and air traffic services in the defense and service of the United States of America and its allies."USAF FOIA Request 200900717F", 29 May 2009
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, Department of Defense, in response to emergencies originating from either human or natural causes.

History

Emblem

Azure, a lightning bolt bendwise or garnished gules between a pattern of six mullets of five points of varying sizes argent and in dexter base a silhouetted Hawaiian warrior brown fimbriated of the second, all within a diminished bordure of the like."USAF FOIA Request 200900717F", 29 May 2009
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Previous designations

* 201st Combat Communications Group (1976–2013)Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. * 201st Combat Communications Squadron (1967–1976)

Squadrons previously assigned

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 ...

- San Diego, California * 201st Intelligence Squadron – ???''USAF FOIA Request 200900717F''
29 May 2009 * 206th Combat Communications Squadron – Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (1 Oct 1987 – 1 Apr 2008) *

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– Fairchild AFB, Washington * 291st Combat Communications Squadron –

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, Hawaii * 292d Combat Communications Squadron – Kahului, Hawaii * 293d Combat Communications Squadron –

Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is Joint Base, an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl ...

, Hawaii/ Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii * 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron –

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Bases stationed

, Hawaii (6 March 1967 – 30 September 2013)

Decorations

* Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ** 1 Jan 1993 – 31 Jul 1994"USAF FOIA Request 200900717F", 29 May 2009
/ref> ** 1 Jul 2003 – 30 Jun 2005

References

External links

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