1st Combat Communications Squadron
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The United States Air Forces in Europe
United States Air Forces in Europe
The United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...

's 1st Combat Communications Squadron is a unit located at Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is part of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Southeast Asia): 1 Jan 1967 - 15 Feb 1968

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
    Outstanding Unit Award
    The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award is an award of the United States Air Force which was first created in 1954. The award is presented as a ribbon to any command of the U.S...

     with Combat "V" Device: 15 Jan 2004 - 31 Oct 2005
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1972
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1971
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 1 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1969

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jun 2002 - 31 Dec 2003
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 30 Jun 2000 - 31 May 2002
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Oct 1998 - 30 Jun 2000
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Oct 1996 - 30 Sep 1998
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Apr 1995 - 1 Jun 1996
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jun 1993 - 30 Jun 1994
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Apr 1993 - 31 Mar 1995
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jul 1991 - 30 Mar 1993
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jul 1989 - 30 Jun 1991
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jul 1987 - 30 Jun 1989
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1986 - 31 Dec 1986
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1985
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1984
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1982 - 31 Dec 1982
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1979 - 31 Dec 1980
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1978
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1977
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1976
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1968
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1966
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jan 1965 - 31 Dec 1965
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 24 Jul 1963 - 31 Dec 1964
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: Jan 1955 - Nov 1956

  • Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
    Meritorious Unit Commendation
    The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a mid-level unit award of the United States military which is awarded to any military command which displays exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions....

    : 1 Jul 2002 - 30 Jun 2004

  • Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
    Meritorious Unit Commendation
    The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a mid-level unit award of the United States military which is awarded to any military command which displays exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions....

    : 1 Jan 1969 - 26 Jul 1969

  • Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
    Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines)
    The Philippine Presidential Unit Citation is a decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which has been awarded to certain units of the United States military for actions both during and subsequent to the Second World War....

    : 21 Jul 1972 - 15 Aug 1972

  • Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross
    Vietnam Gallantry Cross
    The Vietnam Gallantry Cross was a military decoration of South Vietnam which wasestablished in August 1950. Also known as the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Gallantry Cross was awarded to any military personnel who have accomplished deeds of valor or displayed heroic conduct while fighting an...

     with Palm Device: 1 Apr 1966 - 28 Jan 1973

Previous designations

  • Redesignated - 1st Combat Communications Squadron on 31 Jul 1991
  • Redesignated - 1st Combat Communications Group on 1 Oct 1986
  • Redesignated - 1st Combat Information Systems Group on 15 Oct 1984
  • Redesignated - 1st Combat Communications Group on 1 Jan 1981
  • Redesignated - 1st Combat Communications Squadron on 24 Mar 1976
  • Redesignated - 1st Mobile Communications Group on 15 Jan 1975
  • Redesignated - 1st Mobile Communications Squadron on 1 Jul 1974
  • Redesignated - 1st Mobile Communications Group on 1 Oct 1961
  • Redesignated - 1st Mobile Communications Squadron on 1 Jul 1961
  • Activated - 1st Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron, Mobile on 1 Mar 1952.
  • Constituted - 1st Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron, Mobile on 28 Jan 1952. http://www.1stmob.com/a5.htm

Bases stationed

  • Ramstein Air Base
    Ramstein Air Base
    Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation...

    , Germany, c. 1 July 1994 - to present
  • Sembach Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1992
  • Lindsey Air Station
    Europaviertel (Wiesbaden)
    The Europaviertel in Wiesbaden is a former barracks area named Gersdorff Kaserne at the edge of the city center of the Hessian state capital.-Barracks :...

    , Germany, 1 February 1976
  • Robins Air Force Base
    Robins Air Force Base
    Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of and adjacent to the city of Warner Robins, Georgia, SSE of Macon, Georgia, and about SSE of Atlanta, Georgia...

    , Georgia, United States, 15 January 1975 - 1 February 1976
  • Clark Air Base
    Clark Air Base
    Clark Air Base is a former United States Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located 3 miles west of Angeles City, about 40 miles northwest of Metro Manila. Clark Air Base was an American military facility from 1903 to 1991...

    , Philippines, 1 August 1961 - 15 January 1975
  • Johnson Air Base
    Iruma Air Base
    is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in the city of Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, north of western Tokyo, Japan.Iruma Air Base is currently home to the Air Defense Command Headquarters Flight Group...

    (later, Air Station), Japan, 1 March 1952

External links

  • http://www.1stmob.com
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