The

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

's 7th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at

Fort Bliss Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss h ...

, Texas.

Mission

The

squadron Squadron may refer to: * Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies * Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...

provides tactical command and control of air power assets to the

Joint Forces Air Component Commander Joint force air component commander (JFACC) is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term. It is pronounced "Jay-Fack". It refers to a senior officer who is responsible for the air forces within a joint force; i.e., a military force com ...

and

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for combat operations. The desert terrain of

offers a perfect training ground for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers to continue their training. The support the 7th offers the

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

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.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 7th Air Base Communications Detachment (Special) on 27 January 1944 : Activated on 17 February 1944 : Inactivated on 7 December 1945 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948 * Reconstituted and redesignated 7th Air Support Operations Squadron on 12 August 2008 * Activated on 15 August 2008

Assignments

* Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center, 17 February 1944 : Unknown, 19 April-10 July 1944 *

Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswel ...

, 11 July 1944 * Fourteenth Air Force, 30 September 1944 * 312th Fighter Wing, 13 March–7 December 1945 *

3d Air Support Operations Group The United States Air Force's 3rd Air Support Operations Group (3 ASOG) is a combat support unit located at Fort Hood, Texas. The 3 ASOG provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Join ...

, 15 August 2008 – present

Stations

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, California, 17 February 1944 *

Camp Patrick Henry Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...

, Virginia, 19 April–3 May 1944 * Oran, Algeria, 21–28 May 1944 *

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, India, 11 July 1944 * Kanchrapara, India, 15 August 1944 * Shuangliu, China, 25 November 1944 * India, unknown – 8 November 1945 *

Camp Kilmer Located in Central New Jersey, Camp Kilmer is a former United States Army camp that was activated in June 1942 as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. The camp was organized as part of the Army Service ...

, New Jersey, 6–7 December 1945 * Fort Bliss, Texas, 15 August 2008 – present

References

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