1 Airborne Command Control Squadron
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
disc divided per fess Blue at the top and Yellow in base
within a White band edged with a diminished Red border,
issuing from base a White demisphere bendwise rimmed and
grid lined Red overall in bend a White stylized eagle
outlined Gray; around the circumference of the inner
disc seven stars, five Yellow on the Blue portion and
two Blue on the Yellow portion. Approved on 8 Aug 1969;
replaced emblem approved for 1st Ferrying Squadron on 21
Mar 1944.
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Lineage
Organized as Company A, 2d
Balloon Squadron on 25 Sep 1917. Redesignated 1st Balloon
Company on 19 Jun 1918. Inactivated on 25 Jul 1922. Redesignated
1st Airship Company on 24 Mar 1923. Consolidated (31 Jul 1929)
with 1st Balloon Company, which was constituted on 18 Oct 1927,
and activated, on 17 May 1929. Redesignated 1st Balloon Squadron
on 1 Oct 1933. Disbanded on 6 Feb 1942. Reconstituted and
consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 1st Ferrying Squadron
(constituted 1st Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942;
activated on 15 Apr 1942, redesignated 1st Ferrying Squadron on
12 May 1943; disbanded on 1 Apr 1944) and 1st Airborne Command
Control Squadron (constituted on 9 May 1969; activated on 1 Jul
1969).
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Assignments
Unkn, 25 Sep 1917–1918;
Balloon Wing, I Army Corps, Jul 1918; Balloon Group, I Army
Corps, 8 Oct 1918; Balloon Group, III Army Corps, c. 20 Nov 1918–16
Apr 1919; Balloon School, Ross Field, CA (later, Air Service
Balloon Observers School), Jul 1919; Ninth Corps Area, 30 Jun–25
Jul 1922. Sixth Corps Area, 17 May 1929; Field Artillery School,
Jun 1929; III Air Support Command (attached to Field Artillery
School), 1 Sep 1941–6 Feb 1942. 6th Ferrying Group, 15 Apr
1942–1 Apr 1944. 1st Composite Wing, 1 Jul 1969; 55th
Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Nov 1975; 55th Operations
Group, 1 Sep 1991–.
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Stations
Ft Omaha, NE, 25 Sep 1917;
Garden City, NY, 30 Nov–7 Dec 1917; Camp de Souge, Gironde,
France, 3 Jan 1918; Brouville (near Baccarat), France, 15 Apr
1918; Les Ecoliers (near Montreuil-aux-Lions), France, 19 Jul
1918; Epaux-Bezu, France, 22 Jul 1918; Epieds, France, 25 Jul
1918; Artois Ferme near Courpoil), France, 28 Jul 1918;
Mareuil-en-Dole, France, 5 Aug 1918; Courcelles-sur-Vesle,
France, 13 Aug 1918; Tremblecourt, France, 23 Aug 1918; La Queue
de Theinard (near Domevre-en-Haye), France, 29 Aug 1918; Bois
de Brule (near Neuvilly-en-Argonne), France, 27 Sep 1918;
Varennes-en-Argonne, France, 2 Oct 1918; Chatel-Chehery, France,
11 Oct 1918; Auzeville-en-Argonne, France, 17 Oct 1918;
Mercy-le-Bas, France, 21 Nov 1918; Euren, Germany, 8 Dec 1918;
Niederberg (near Coblenz), Germany, 19 Dec 1918;
Colombey-les-Belles, France, 17 Apr 1919; St Nazaire, France, c.
5 May 1919–unkn; Camp Lee, VA, c. 6 Jun 1919; Ross Field,
CA, Jul 1919–25 Jul 1922. Scott Field, IL, 17 May 1929;
Post Field, OK, 24 Jun 1929–6 Feb 1942. Long Beach, CA, 15
Apr 1942–1 Apr 1944. Andrews AFB, MD, 1 Jul 1969; Offutt
AFB, NE, 1 Jul 1977–.
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Aircraft
Type R Observation Balloon,
1918–1919, 1919–1922. A–6 and A–7 Spherical
Balloon, 1929–1942; C–3 Observation Balloon, 1929–c.
1939; C–6 Observation Balloon, 1937, 1938–c. 1942; D–2
Barrage Balloon, 1939; D–3, D–4, D–5, and D–6
Barrage Balloon, 1940–1942. Unkn, 1942–1944. EC–135J,
1969–1975; E–4, 1974–.
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Operations
Observation Unit on front
lines with French Eighth Army and American I Army Corps, 19 Apr–17
Oct 1918; served with III Army Corps as part of occupation
forces, Nov 1918–Apr 1919. Ferried aircraft from factories
in the Western Procurement District to overseas departure
points, Apr 1942–Mar 1944. Provided aircraft for National
Emergency Airborne Command Post in support of Presidential
requirements from 1969 to present.
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Service Streamers
World War II American
Theater.
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Campaign Streamers
World War I: Lorraine;
Aisne-Marne; Champagne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.
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Armed Forces Expeditionary
Streamers
None
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Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit
Awards: [1 Jul] 1969–31 Dec 1970; 1 Jan 1971–31 Dec
1972; 1 Jan 1974–31 Oct 1975; 1 Nov 1975–30 Jun 1976;
1 Jul 1976–30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul 1978–30 Jun 1980; 1 Jul
1987–30 Jun 1989; 1 Jul 1989–30 Jun 1991.
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