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The 48th Information Support Squadron provides in-garrison and deployed communications and logistics maintenance for the DGS-2 and Deployable Shelterized System-Film (DSS-F) elements of the AN/GSQ-272 SENTINEL (also known as Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS).
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The squadron was reactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington in July 1994 as the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron.It has deployed personnel to fight since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, notably during the Iraq War (2003-2010). [1]
Moved to Westover AFB (later, Westover ARB), MA, 1 April 1974. Activated in the Reserve on 1 April 1974. Redesignated as: 439th Military Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1987, with C-5 Galaxy. The 439th flew several relief missions to Jamaica after Hurricane Gilbert devastated that island in the fall of 1988. [2] C-130 operations ended in 1988. [1]
In July 2022, Rear-Admiral Paul Marshall, the Senior Responsible Officer for programme, told the Defence Select Committee that the first ship was envisaged for service entry in 2028 with the third entering service by 2032. [27] However, subsequently the Ministry of Defence indicated that the first ship would in fact not be operational until ...
The 5th Combat Cargo Squadron was constituted on 25 April 1944, and activated on 1 May at Syracuse Army Air Base, assigned to the 2d Combat Cargo Group.It was equipped with Curtiss C-46 Commando and Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft.
In June 1987, a local environmental activist group, the "Valley Citizens for a Safe Environment," brought legal action against the Air Force, claiming that the then-Westover AFB, as a center for military air operations with C-5 aircraft, posed multiple environmental hazards to local residents, to include air pollution, noise pollution, and ...
The 931st ARW is an associate unit with the active-duty 22d Air Refueling Wing and currently has about 485 personnel. The host unit and the 931st ARW share responsibilities for maintenance, with flying operations conducted by both units, using the inventory of 24 KC-135R Stratotankers and Boeing KC-46 Pegasus.