User:Pmsyyz/89th Operations Support Squadron
The 89th Operations Support Squadron (89 OSS) is a United States Air Force unit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, provides mission support including intelligence, weather, airfield operations, mission operations, current operations, operational training, and flight management. Airfield operations manages the nation's executive airfield which includes two major runways, and coordinates operations with nine partner flying units from all the military services, including active, guard and reserve; and the Department of Energy, Maryland State Police, and Civil Air Patrol. The flight management section is the largest in the Air Force. The unique mission operations section conducts mission planning, coordinates en route support and gains diplomatic clearances for hundreds of missions each year. The current operations flight provides operational scheduling and command and control of all SAM aircraft in harmonization with Andrews Command Post and the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Special Missions Office. It is part of the 89th Operations Group and the 89th Airlift Wing.
Lineage[edit]
- Constituted as 89th Airdrome Squadron on 30 Mar 1943
- Activated on 1 Apr 1943
- Inactivated on 16 Jan 1946
- Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948
- Reconstituted and redesignated 89th Operations Support Squadron, 18 June 1991[1]
- Activated, 12 Jul 1991
Stations[edit]
- Hunter Field, Georgia, 1 Apr 1943
- Lebanon Airport, Tennessee, 18 Aug 1943
- Hunter Field, Georgia, 7 Nov 1943
- Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, 7-12 Dec 1943
- India, 13 Feb 1944
- Malir, India, 2 Mar 1944
- Agra, India, c. 1 Aug 1945-16 Jan 1946
- Andrews AFB, Maryland, 12 Jul 1991-present
Assignments[edit]
- Third Air Force, 1 Apr-Dec 1943
- AAF, India-Burma Sector, China-Burma-India Theater, c. 13 Feb 1944
- Central India Air Depot, 25 Jul 1945-16 Jan 1946
- 89th Operations Group, 12 Jul 1991-present
History and operations[edit]
3 Apr 1943: The 89th Airdrome Sq. was activated at Hunter Field, Savannah, GA. Maneuvers and duty at Lebanon, TN Airport with Tennessee Air Support Command from Aug-Oct 43.
6 Dec 1943: Unit began travel to overseas duty; departed from Camp Patrick Henry, Newport, VA, on 13 Dec 43 by liberty ship SS William H. Mulholland. Arrived and debarked at Oran, Algeria 1 Jan 44 and moved on to Algiers before boarding a ship for transport to a permanent assignment at an Indian location.
3 Jan 1944: 89th Airdrome Sq broken up and personnel placed under administrative control of the China-Burma-India Chinese American Operational Training Unit (CAOTU).
25 Jul 1945: Unit assigned to the Central India Air Depot.
The unit was known as Cantrel’s Kittens, after the unit commander.
The patch was unofficial and was made in mid-to-late 1945 as a memento for the unit members. The current emblem was approved on 9 Dec 1993, and the latest rendering is from 29 Oct 2018.
In the summer of 1991, the unit was reconstituted, redesignated, and reactivated as the 89th Operations Support Squadron by Military Airlift Command.
Component flights in 2024: Airfield Operations, Weather, Intelligence, Combat Crew Comm, In-Flight Service Funds, Aircrew Flight Equipment, Executive Airlift Formal Training Unit, Student Flight, and SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape).[2]
Campaign and service streamers[edit]
Decorations[edit]
- Air Force Meritorious Unit Award: 1 Jul 2011-30 Jun 2012
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1992-30 Jun 1994; 1 Jul 1994-30 Jun 1996; 1 Jul 1996-30 Jun 1998; 1 Jul 1998-30 Jun 2000; 1 Jul 2002-30 Jun 2004; 1 Jul 2004-30 Jun 2005; 1 Jul 2005-30 Jun 2006; 1 Jul 2006-30 Jun 2007; 1 Jul 2007-30 Jun 2008; 1 Jul 2008-30 Jun 2009; 1 Jul 2009-30 Jun 2011; 1 Jul 2015-30 Jun 2016; 1 Jul 2016-30 Jun 2017; 1 Jul 2017-30 Jun 2018; 1 Jul 2018-30 Jun 2019; 1 Jul 2019-30 Jun 2020
References[edit]
- This article incorporates public domain material from Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ^ Headquarters Military Airlift Command Special Order GA-92, 18 June 1991
- ^ "HBD 89OSS". 89th Airlift Wing. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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