Tactical Air Command

The squadron was first activated in June 1969 at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, when Tactical Air Command organized separate units for its mobile Combat Reporting Posts. It drew its personnel and equipment from its parent squadron, the 4465th Tactical Control Squadron, which continued to operate a Combat Reporting Center. In October, the 4465th was inactivated and transferred its mission, personnel and equipment to the 726th Tactical Control Squadron, which was simultaneously activated.^[2] The flight continued this mission from several bases in the eastern United States until inactivating in March 1988.^[1]

Expeditionary unit

In February 2009, the flight was renamed the 72d Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, converted to provisional status, and assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed.^[1]

Assignments

• 4465th Tactical Control Squadron, 25 June 1969
• 726th Tactical Control Squadron, 15 October 1969
• 507th Tactical Air Control Wing, 1 May 1977 – 31 March 1988
• Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 12 Feb 2009^[1]

Stations

• Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 25 June 1969
• Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 30 March 1972;
• Fort Monroe, Virginia, 30 June 1976 – 31 March 1988^[1]

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Retrieved 17 December 2016.