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United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air 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 of the United States Army Signal ...
's 239th Combat Communications Squadron is an
Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...
combat communications unit located at
Jefferson Barracks The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation w ...
, Missouri. The unit has approximately 120 personnel.


Lineage

* Constituted as the 239th Airways and Air Communications Service Flight : Activated by February 1954 : Redesignated 239th Mobile Communications Flight (Light) on 1 June 1961 : Redesignated 239th Mobile Communications Flight : Redesignated 239th Combat Communications Flight on 1 April 1976 : Redesignated 239th Combat Communications Squadron on 8 October 1982 : Redesignated 239th Combat Information Systems Squadron on 1 July 1985 : Redesignated 239th Combat Communications Squadron on 1 November 1986


Assignments

* 242d Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron by February 1954 * 254th Combat Communications Group 251st Communications Group (later 251st Mobile Communications Group, 251st Combat Communications Group, 251st Combat Information Systems Group, 251st Combat Communications Group *
131st Bomb Wing The 131st Bomb Wing is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force Global Strike Command. It is an as ...


Stations

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Lambert Field St. Louis Lambert International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Commonly referred to as Lambert Field or simply Lambert, it is the largest and busiest airport in the state of ...
(later Robertson Air National Guard Base), Missouri, by February 1954 * Jefferson Barracks, Missouri


Major Command/Gaining Command

* Airways and Air Communications Service (later Air Force Communications Service, Air Force Communications Command), by February 1954 *
Air Combat Command Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and i ...
, June 1992 *
Air Force Space Command The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...
(???-2017) * Air National Guard/Air Combat Command (2018 – present)


See also

*
List of United States Air Force communications squadrons The United States Air Force has several variants of squadrons focused on communications and cyberspace. __TOC__ Air and Space Communications Squadrons (ACOMS) An Air and Space Communications Squadron is usually assigned to either a standard ...


References

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