82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron

The 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit located at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The squadron was first organized in 1969 as the 82d Tactical Control Flight, an element of the Tactical Air Control System. It was inactivated in 1988, but was converted to provisional status in 2009 and has since served in the Global War on Terror.

Mission
The 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets for the Joint Forces Air Component Commander in support of the Joint Forces Commander in combat operations.

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 82d Tactical Control Flight on 24 June 1969
 * Activated on 25 June 1969
 * Inactivated on 31 March 1988


 * Redesignated 82d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron and converted to provisional status on 12 Feb 2009.
 * Activated by July 2010

Assignments

 * 4468th Tactical Control Squadron, 25 June 1969
 * 609th Tactical Control Squadron, 15 October 1969
 * 727th Tactical Control Squadron, 1 June 1976
 * 602d Tactical Air Control Wing, 1 March 1977 – 31 March 1988
 * Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 12 February 2009
 * 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group, by July 2010
 * 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, c. 18 December 2011

Stations

 * McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 25 June 1969
 * Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 15 January 1973 – 31 Mar 1988
 * Camp Victory, Iraq, by July 2010
 * Camp Buehring, Kuwait, by May 2014