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604th Air Support Operations Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	604th Air Support Operations Squadron
image	A tactical air controller aims a laser target designator on a simulated target.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Night vision photo of 604th terminal air controller illuminating a target with a laser designator
dates	1968–1971; 1976–present
branch
role	USFK Air Support Operations
command_structure	Pacific Air Forces
garrison	Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea
motto	Tally Ho
mascot	Iron Duck
battles	Iraq War
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
<!-- Insignia -->	identification_symbol	165px
identification_symbol_label	604th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem(approved on 12 August 1969)

The 604th Air Support Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit located at Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. The 604th provides tactical command and control of airpower assets through the use of joint terminal attack controllers to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations within the Korean peninsula.

Mission

The 604th provides joint terminal attack controllers and Air Liaison Officers to direct close air support to Army units with which they are embedded. The squadron's controllers coordinate air strikes with direct fire missions. The squadron's Air Liaison Officers advise Army commanders on the optimum use of airpower resources to support the Army.

History

The squadron was first activated at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii in September 1968 as the 604th Direct Air Support Squadron to provide Air Force personnel to man a Direct Air Support Center, an element of the Tactical Air Support System coordinating air support at the Corps level. The squadron was inactivated in May 1971.

Five years later, in June 1976, the squadron was activated once again in Korea, when it replaced the 603d Direct Air Support Squadron. Squadron members were stationed in detachments at Camp Red Cloud, Camp Humphreys, and Camp Casey, South Korea, where they train to support both United States and Republic of Korea Army forces.

In 2018, in conjunction with the closure of Camp Red Cloud, the squadron was relocated to Camp Humphreys, where it is currently located.

Lineage

Constituted as 604th Direct Air Support Squadron on 26 August 1968 : Activated on 15 September 1968 : Inactivated on 17 May 1971
Activated on 15 June 1976 : Redesignated 604th Air Support Operations Center Squadron on 15 December 1989 : Redesignated 604th Air Support Operations Squadron on 13 February 1998

Assignments

5th Tactical Control Group, 15 September 1968 – 17 May 1971
51st Composite Wing, 15 June 1976
5th Tactical Air Control Group (later 5th Tactical Control Group, 5th Air Control Group), 8 January 1980
51st Wing (later 51st Fighter Wing), 1 July 1993
607th Air Support Operations Group, 15 December 1998 – present

Stations

Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, 15 September 1968 – 17 May 1971
Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea, 15 June 1976 – 1 November 2018
Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, 1 November 2018 – Present

Awards and campaigns

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

(May 15, 2017). "Factsheet 604 Air Support Operations Squadron (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
(July 13, 2007). "JTACs train to put Wolf Pack, allied bombs on target, on time". Air Force Print News Today.
(May 7, 2011). "604th Air Support Operations Squadron". Globalsecurity.org.
(September 7, 2011). "TROKA (Third ROK Army) 3rd Field Army Comman". Globalsecurity.org.

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