966th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron

966th Airborne Air Control Squadron
966th Airborne Air Control Squadron Patch
Active	15 July 1942 – 1 April 1944 3 September 1944 – 3 November 1945 18 December 1961 – 31 December 1969 1 July 1976 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Airborne Command and Control
Part of	Air Combat Command 12th Air Force 552d Air Control Wing 552d Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Tinker Air Force Base
Decorations	AFOUA w/ V Device RVGC w/ Palm

The 966th Airborne Air Control Squadron (966 AACS) is part of the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.

Provide the Combat Air Force with airborne systems and personnel for surveillance, warning and control of strategic, tactical, and special mission forces.

The squadron conducted replacement training from August 1942 – November 1943 and flew evacuation missions and light transport services for ground forces in Burma from 13 November 1944 – 10 May 1945. It provided airborne radar surveillance from 1962–1969 and rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia from c. 4 April 1965 – c. December 1969. The 966th has trained aircrews since 1977.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.