8th Air Support Operations Squadron
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The United States Air Force
's 8th Air Support Operations Squadron (8 ASOS) is a combat support unit located at Aviano AB, Italy
. The 8 ASOS provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander
and Joint Forces Land Component Commander
for combat operations.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
's 8th Air Support Operations Squadron (8 ASOS) is a combat support unit located at Aviano AB, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The 8 ASOS provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander
Joint Forces Air Component Commander
Joint Force Air Component Commander , is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term.It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not...
and Joint Forces Land Component Commander
Joint Forces Land Component Commander
Joint Force Land Component Commander , is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term. It is pronounced "Jay-Flick".It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for land forces within a joint operations environment...
for combat operations.