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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 243d Air Traffic Control Squadron (243 ATCS) is an Air Traffic Control unit located at Cheyenne Air National Guard Base,

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Mission

The 243rd ATCS is one of only ten ANG Air Traffic Control Squadrons located throughout the United States. Their mission is to deploy and employ Air Traffic Control services worldwide. An important part of the Guard air traffic control mission includes establishing bases in locations without existing air traffic control facilities.

History

242 Air Traffic Control Flight was given a change of station order on 1 July 1996 from

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. The 242 Air Traffic Control Flight was redesignated the 243 Air Traffic Control Squadron on 1 November 1996. The 243rd was one of the first units activated in support of Operation Enduring Freedom after the

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. The unit was deployed to Jacobabad,

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Awards

* 2014 -

RAPCON Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airs ...

D. Ray Hardin Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year

Career Fields

The 243rd ATCS has numerous career fields including:

Air Traffic Controller Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control ...

, Airfield Systems, Ground

Radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...

Systems, Electrical Power Production, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC),

Logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

Plans, Material Management Administrative, and Personnel.

Bases stationed

* Cheyenne Air National Guard Base,

(1996 – present)

References

External links

Wyoming Air National Guard
{{DEFAULTSORT:243d Air Traffic Control Squadron Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Military air traffic control Military units and formations in Wyoming