Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.5 inch-90mm
2nd AIR SPPORT OPERATIONS SQUADRON (USAFE)
Lineage. Constituted as 2 Communications Squadron, Air Support, on 8 Apr 1942. Activated on 20 Apr 1942. Redesignated as: 2 Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 Jan 1943; 2 Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 Apr 1944. Inactivated on 7 Dec 1945. Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948. Reconstituted, and redesignated as 2 Air Support Operations Squadron, on 1 Sep 1996. Activated on 30 Sep 1996.
Assignments. 47 Bombardment Group, 20 Apr 1942; II Ground Air Support Command, 1 May 1942; III Ground Air (later, III Air) Support Command, 31 May 1942; Twelfth Air Force, 26 Dec 1942; XII Air Support (later, XII Tactical Air) Command, 2 Feb 1943; 64 Fighter Wing, 6 Jul-c. Nov 1945. 4 Air Support Operations Group, 30 Sep 1996-.
Stations. Will Rogers Field, OK, 20 Apr 1942; Camp Young, Indio, CA, 18 May 1942; Mansfield, LA, 21 Jul 1942; Will Rogers Field, OK, 23 Sep 1942; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 22 Nov 1942-11 Dec 1942; Mers El Kabir, Algeria, 26 Dec 1942; Sainte-Barbe-du-Tlelat, Algeria, 26 Dec 1942; Oran, Algeria, 2 Jan 1943; Oujda, French Morocco, 15 Jan 1943; Algiers, Algeria, 12 Jun 1943; Korba, Tunisia, 1 Jul 1943; Tunis, Tunisia, 18 Jul 1943; Gela, Sicily, Jul 1943; Palermo, Sicily, 31 Jul 1943; Milazzo, Sicily, 31 Aug 1943; St Antoine, Italy, 11 Sep 1943; Paestum, Italy, 14 Sep 1943; Pontecagnano, Italy, 30 Sep 1943; Naples, Italy, 7 Oct 1943; Caserta, Italy, 24 Oct 1943; Presenzano, Italy, 28 Jan 1944; Sparanise, Italy, 27 Mar 1944; Sermoneta, Italy, 3 Jun 1944; Rome, Italy, 9 Jun 1944; Tuscania, Italy, 17 Jun 1944; Roccastrata, Italy, 2 Jul 1944; Naples, Italy, 16 Jul 1944; St Tropez, France, 14 Aug 1944; Brignoles, France, 20 Aug 1944; Grenoble, France, 30 Aug 1944; Lons-Le-Saunier, France, 7 Sep 1944; Vesoul, France, 19 Sep 1944; Epinal, France, 4 Oct 1944; Sarrebourg, France, 29 Nov 1944; Saverne, France, 8 Dec 1944; Luneville, France, 1 Jan 1945; Sarrequemines, France, 20 Mar 1945; Kaiserslautern, Germany, 25 Mar 1945; Darmstadt, Germany, 1 Apr 1945; Kitzingen, Germany, 15 Apr 1945; Gmund, Germany, 26 Apr 1945; Augsburg, Germany, 2 May 1945; Darmstadt, Germany, 30 May 1945; Stuttgart, Germany, 4 Oct 1945; Darmstadt, Germany, 10 Oct 1945; Mannheim, Germany, 18 Oct 1945; Marseilles, France, Nov-26 Nov 1945; Camp Patrick Henry, VA, 7 Dec 1945. Wuerzburg, Germany, 30 Sep 1996; Vilseck Army Installation (AI), Germany, 12 Jan 2007-.
Operations. Provides tactical command and control of airpower, specifically integrating close air support for the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment and other maneuver units.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe. Iraq: Iraqi Governance.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat “V” Device: 1 Oct 2002- 30 Sep 2004. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: [30 Sep 1996]-30 Jun 1997; 1 Oct 1998-30 Sep 2000; 1 Jan 2006-31 Dec 2007; 1 Jan 2008-30 Jun 2009; 16 Jul 2009-31 Dec 2010; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2011.
Emblem. Approved on 26 Apr 2000.