The United States Air Force's 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron (2 ASOS) is a combat support unit located in Vilseck, Germany. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.

Mission

The 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron trains, equips, and maintains mission-ready air liaison, terminal attack control, and weather observation and forecasting elements to support the commanders of US Army units, such as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

2nd Air Support Operations Squadron

Lineage

Constituted as the 2nd Communications Squadron, Air Support on 8 April 1942

Activated on 20 April 1942

Redesignated 2nd Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943

Redesignated 2nd Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944

Inactivated on 7 December 1945

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Reconstituted and redesignated 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron on 1 September 1996 Activated on 30 September 1996

2nd Air Support Operations Squadron

Assignments

47th Bombardment Group, 20 April 1942

II Ground Air Support Command, 1 May 1942

III Ground Air Support Command (later III Air Support Command), 31 May 1942

Twelfth Air Force, 26 December 1942; XII Air Support Command (later XII Tactical Air Command), 2 February 1943 64th Fighter Wing, 6 July–c. November 1945 4th Air Support Operations Group, 30 September 1996 – present

2nd Air Support Operations Squadron

Stations

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 20 April 1942

Camp Young, California, 18 May 1942

Mansfield, Louisiana, 21 July 1942

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 23 September 1942

Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 22 November 1942–11 December 1942

Mers El Kebir, Algeria, 26 December 1942

Sainte-Barbe du Tlelat Airfield, Algeria, 26 December 1942

Oran, Algeria, 2 January 1943

Oujda, French Morocco, 15 January 1943

Algiers, Algeria, 12 June 1943

Korba, Tunisia, 1 July 1943

Tunis, Tunisia, 18 July 1943

Gela Airfield, Sicily, Italy, July 1943

Palermo, Sicily, Italy 31 July 194

Milazzo Airfield, Sicily, Italy, 31 August 1943

St Antoine, Italy, 11 September 1943

Paestum Airfield, Italy, 14 September 1943

Pontecagnano Airport, Italy, 30 September 1943

Naples, Italy, 7 October 1943

Caserta, Italy, 24 October 1943

Presenzano, Italy, 28 January 1944

Sparanise, Italy, 27 March 1944

Sermoneta, Italy, 3 June 1944

Rome, Italy, 9 June 1944

Tuscania, Italy, 17 June 1944

Roccastrada, Italy, 2 July 1944

Naples, Italy, 16 July 1944

Saint-Tropez, France, 14 August 1944

Brignoles, France, 20 August 1944

Grenoble, France, 30 August 1944

Lons-le-Saunier, France, 7 September 1944

Vesoul, France, 19 September 1944

Epinal, France, 4 October 1944

Sarrebourg, France, 29 November 1944

Saverne, France, 8 December 1944

Luneville, France, 1 January 1945

Sarreguemines, France, 20 March 1945

Kaiserslautern, Germany, 25 March 1945

Darmstadt, Germany, 1 April 1945

Kitzingen, Germany, 15 April 1945

Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, 26 April 1945

Augsburg, Germany, 2 May 1945

Darmstadt, Germany, 30 May 1945

Stuttgart, Germany, 4 October 1945

Darmstadt, Germany, 10 October 1945

Mannheim, Germany, 18 October 1945

Marseilles, France, November–26 November 1945

Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, 7 December 1945

Würzburg, Germany, 30 September 1996

Vilseck, Germany, 12 Jan 2007 – present

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

References

Notes

Bibliography

Air support operations squadrons of the United States Air Force

Military units and formations established in 1996