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The 609th Air Communications Squadron (609 ACOMS) is a communications squadron of the United States Air Force assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina with the mission of supporting the 609th Air Operations Center. The 609th Air Communications Squadron led the Air Force's communications planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom, directly supporting USCENTAF/A6 in war planning and preparations. The unit formerly had Detachment 1 at the AFCENT Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base.

Awards
2000 Lt Gen Harold W. Grant Award. (best comm org with less than 300 people)

Meritorious Unit Award
 * 1 June 2004 - 31 May 2006
 * 1 June 2006 - 31 May 2007
 * 1 June 2008 - 31 May 2009

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award:
 * Detachment 1, 1 June 1989 - 31 May 1991
 * 1 July 1996 - 31 March 1998
 * 1 June 1998 - 31 May 2000
 * 1 June 2000 - 31 May 2002

Commanders

 * Col Michael W. Peterson, June 1995 - December 1996
 * Col Thomas J. Verbeck, March 1997 – March 1998
 * Dave Kovach
 * Col Anthony Faughn, 2006 - 11 June 2008
 * Col Harry Blanke III, 11 June 2008 - 7 Feb 2011
 * Col Joseph A. Sublousky, 7 Feb 2011 - ?
 * Col, ? - 2017