List of United States Air Force air control squadrons

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A United States Air Force air control squadron is a group assigned to provide combat air control services in the form of radar, surveillance identification, weapons control, Battle Management and theater communications data link to the forces or area it is assigned to. This list contains squadrons inactive, active, and historical.

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Squadron Shield Location Nickname/Motto/"Callsign" Note
Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Closed
Al Udeid AB, Qatar "Pyramid" Inactivaed 1 November 2014
Moody Air Force Base, Georgia "Alley Cats" Inactivated March 2000
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan Eyes of the Sword/"Double Dagger" Closed
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia Mobile and Ready Closed
Kadena Air Base, Japan "Bridgehead" Forward Air Control Post; Closed
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico "Scorpions" Closed
Worcester ANG Station, Massachusetts Pro Pace Mundi Inactivated 16 Oct 1998
North Smithfield, Rhode Island Povocationem Suscepimus/"Roadstead" Control and Reporting Center, Inactivated 13 September 1998
103rd Air Control Squadron Orange ANG Station, Connecticut Yankee Watch/"FootRope" Control and Reporting Center
Coos Head ANG Station, Oregon "Unus Generis"/"Shadow" Inactivated 30 September 1996
Four Lakes, Washington What You See It What You Get/"Big Willy" Closed
Salt Lake City, Utah Ace Maker Inactivated 31 Dec 1995
Luke AFB, Arizona Prepared in All Things/"Autumn" Inactivated 30 Sep 2012
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York "Incognito" Inactivated 16 Feb 1994
Salt Lake City, Utah "Warlock" Control and Reporting Center
Alcoa ANG Station, Tennessee "Clear" Closed
State College, Pennsylvania Closed
Syracuse, New York Closed
, Dothan, Alabama Inactivated 1 January 1996
116th Air Control Squadron , Warrenton, Oregon "Longracks" Control and Reporting Center
117th Air Control Squadron Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia "Stealth Control" Control and Reporting Center
Kennesaw, Georgia Inactivated November 1996
119th Air Control Squadron Alcoa ANG Station, Tennessee Fortuna Favet Fortibus Redesignated 16 August 2002
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri "Vigilant" Closed
Blue Ash Air Station, Ohio One Team One Fight/"Blue Ash" Control and Reporting Center
Blue Ash Air Station, Ohio Closed
128th Air Control Squadron Volk Field ANGB, Wisconsin "Strength Through Vigilance" Control and Reporting Center
Malcolm McKinnon Airfield, Brunswick, Georgia Redesignated 10 Oct 1996
Fort Dodge, Iowa "Coffin Corner" Redesignated 2002
Wichita, Kansas "Jayhawk Control" Control and Reporting Center
Buckley ANG Base, Colorado "Ghost Riders" , Inactivated
141st Air Control Squadron Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Ever Vigilant/"Quijotes" Control and Reporting Center
Pacific Missile Range Facility, Waimea, Hawaii Closed
176th Air Control Squadron Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Eyes of the North/"Top Rock" Reorganized as 176th Air Defense Squadron
Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi "Guard Dog" Control and Reporting Center
325th Air Control Squadron Tyndall AFB, Florida Screamin' Eagles/"Hydra" Inactivated 2012, Retired callsigns: "Backdraft", "Sideshow"
Balad Air Base, Iraq "Kingpin" Control and Reporting Center, Closed
337th Air Control Squadron Tyndall AFB, Florida Imperio et Moderatio/"Doghouse" Training Squadron.
Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait "Absolut" Closed
Alzey Air Station (Annex of Sembach Air Base), Germany Die Alderaugen Inactivated 31 Mar 1995
603rd Air Control Squadron Aviano AB, Italy Fide et Animo/"Primo" Used by 606th Air Control Squadron
Aviano AB, Italy Inspector of the Skies/"Primo" Control and Reporting Center; Relocated to Aviano AB. Retired Spangdahlem AB callsign "Galley"
Luke AFB, Arizona Always Ready/"Venom" Training Squadron
Misawa Air Base, Japan "Sabre"
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska Eyes of the North Inactivated Oct. 1, 2004
Schwelentrup, Germany Vis A Tergo inactivated 1 August 1985
Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea Pro-Observatio Positiva/"Cobras" US Air Forces Korea Command and Control Element
623rd Air Control Squadron Kadena Air Base, Japan Fightin' Yagis/Semper Vigilantes/"Lightsword" Previously 623d Air Control Flight
Fuchu Air Base (JASDF), Japan "Plughat" Relocated to Yokota Air Base, Japan. Reorganized as 5 AF Air Defense Liaison Element
Bremerhaven Army Airfield, Germany Closed
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho "Hardrock" Control and Reporting Center
Undisclosed Location, Southwest Asia "Kingpin" Control and Reporting Center
728th Air Control Squadron Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Poised for Peace/"Demons" Closed
729th Air Control Squadron Hill Air Force Base, Utah Best in the Field/"Angry Warriors" Control and Reporting Center
932d Air Control Squadron Keflavik Air Station, Iceland "Loki" Closed
Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Redesignated December 1998 (9th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron)
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