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Status 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron: Tinker AFB "Viking Warriors" Air Combat Command: Active 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron: Kadena AB "Eyes of the Pacific" Pacific Air Forces: Active 962d Airborne Air Control Squadron: Elmendorf AFB "Eyes of the Eagle" Pacific Air Forces: Active 963d Airborne Air Control Squadron: Tinker AFB "Blue ...
Tinker Air Force Base is named in honor of Major General Clarence L. Tinker. [2] An Osage from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, he received his wings in 1921. [3] He was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy who went on to become the first major general of Native American descent in U.S. Army history.
The 965th was redesignated the 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron and reactivated at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on 1 July 1978 to fly the Boeing E-3 Sentry. The squadron became non-operational in September 1979, although it remained on the active list. It resumed operations at the start of 1984. [1]
Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 8 November 1955 – 1 December 1958; Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 15 April 1966; RAF Mildenhall, England, 1 July 1966 – 1 February 1992; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 15 March 1996–present
In September 1985, the 130th and 360th Squadrons were consolidated into a single unit. The consolidated squadron was redesignated the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron and activated at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, on 15 March 1996, becoming the first Air Combat Command associate flying squadron.
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 July 1977–present Aircraft operated. B-18 Bolo (1942–1943) A-20 Havoc (1942–1943) B-24 Liberator (1942–1943)
The 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron 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. The first predecessor of the squadron was activated in the buildup for World War II as the 60th Bombardment Squadron.
Hanscom Air Force Base: Lincoln: Massachusetts: Air Force Materiel Command: 66th Air Base Group: Non-flying installation, hosting the Electronic Systems Center, part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. [26] Hill Air Force Base: Ogden: Utah