962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron Lineage, Honors, and Emblem

Color Emblem    
Cable Numbers Color Name PMS Number
67103 Air Force Yellow 116
67138 Black K
67101 White ---
67111 Scarlet 200
67194 Golden Brown 471
     
Subdued Emblem    
Cable Numbers Color Name PMS Number
67133 Olive Drab 455
67158 Garnet 208
67130 Spruce Green 357
67138 Black K
67124 Flag Blue 282

Approved
23 October 1995

Lineage
Constituted 862nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 November 1943.
Activated on 1 November 1943.
Redesignated 862nd Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 21 February 1944.
Inactivated on 28 August 1945.
Consolidated (19 September 1985)with the 962nd Early Warning and Control Squadron, which was constituted 30 March and activated on on 8 July 1955.
Inactivated on 31 December 1969.
Redesignated 962nd Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron on 31 July 1979.
Redesignated 962nd Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985.
Activated on 1 July 1986.
Redesignated 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 August 1994.

Honors
Service Streamers: None
Campaign Streamers:
  - World War II: 
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Air Combat, EAME Theater 

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers: None

Decorations:
Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 July 1957-31 October 1958; 1 July 1986-31 March 1987; 1 April 1987-31 March 1989

Assignments
493rd Bombardment Group, 1 November 1943-28 August 1945 (attached to 3rd Air Division, 17 February-7 May 1945). 
551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 8 July 1955-31 December 1969.
28th Air Division, 1 July 1986.
552nd Operations Group, 29 May 1992.
3rd Operations Group, 1 May 1993 - present.

Stations
McCook AA Field, NE, 1 November 1943-1 January 1994
Elvedden Hall, England, 1 January 1944
Debach, England, 17 April 1944
Wormingford, England, 17 February 1945
Debach, England, 18 May-6 August 1945
Sioux Falls AA Field, SD, c. 13-28 August 1945
Otis AFB, MA, 8 July 1955-31 December 1969
Elmendorf AFB, AK, 1 July 1986 - present

Aircraft
B-24, 1944
B-17, 1944-1945
P-51, 1945
C/RC/EC-121, 1955-1969
E-3, 1986-present