3d Air Support Operations Squadron

3d Air Support Operations Squadron
3d Air Support Operations Squadron emblem
Active	1964-1968; 1980-Present^[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Combat Support
Role	Air Support Operations
Part of	PACAF/1st Air Support Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
Decorations	AFOUA

The 3d Air Support Operations Squadron (3 ASOS) is a combat support unit of the United States Air Force, located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Mission

The 3 ASOS trains, equips, and deploys mission-ready Airborne qualified Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) members, Air Liaison Officers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and Air Mobility Liaison Officers in support of the commanders of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Detachment 1, 3 ASOS, trains, equips, and deploys mission-ready Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) members, Air Liaison Officers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, and Air Mobility Liaison Officers in support of the commanders of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 25th Infantry Division, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.^[2]

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security forces Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

United States Air Force Air Support Operations Units

Wings	93 AGOW 435 AGOW

Groups	1 ASOG 3 ASOG 4 ASOG 18 ASOG 194 ASOG 368 ESOG 504 EASOG 607th Air Support Operations Group

Squadrons	1 ASOS 2 ASOS 3 ASOS 4 ASOS 5 ASOS 7 ASOS 8 ASOS 9 ASOS 10 ASOS 11 ASOS 13 ASOS 14 ASOS 15 ASOS 17 ASOS 19 ASOS 20 ASOS 21 ASOS 24 EASOS 25 ASOS 72 EASOS 75 EASOS 82 EASOS 84 EASOS 85 EASOS 111 ASOS 116 ASOS 118 ASOS 116 ASOS 122 ASOS 165 ASOS 169 ASOS 238 ASOS 274 ASOS 604 ASOS 712 ASOS 717 EASOS 730 EASOS 807 EASOS 817 EASOS

Air force infantry and special forces units

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Defunct	Fallschirmjäger Luftwaffe Field Divisions Royal Air Force Commandos Unit 684 Kingdom of Italy A.D.R.A

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