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609th Air and Space Operations Center

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Active
  
1994 – present

Role
  
Command and Control

Country
  
United States

Garrison/HQ
  
Al Udeid AB, Qatar

609th Air and Space Operations Center

Branch
  
United States Air Force

Part of
  
Air Combat Command/9th Air Force

The United States Air Force's 609th Air and Space Operations Center (609 AOC) is a unit located at Al Udeid AB, Qatar.

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Mission

  • To provide command and control of air and space operations in the CENTCOM AOR.
  • To release an Air Tasking Order (ATO) daily in support of the guidance passed down by the CFACC.

    • History

    The 609 AOC was constituted and activated as 609 Air Operations Group on 1 Jan 1994. The unit was later redesignated as 609 Air and Space Operations Center on 1 Mar 2008.

    Previous designations

  • 609th Air and Space Operations Center (1 Mar 2008 – present)
  • 609th Air Operations Group (1 Jan 1994 – 1 Mar 2008)

    • Major Command/Unified Command

  • Air Combat Command/United States Central Command

    • Bases stationed

  • Al Udeid AB, Qatar (1 Mar 2008 – present)
  • Shaw AFB, South Carolina (1 Jan 1994 – present)

    • Decorations

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
  • 1 Jul 1996 – 31 Mar 1998
  • 1 Jun 2003 – 31 May 2004
  • 1 Jun 2004 – 31 May 2006
  • 1 Jun 2006 – 31 May 2007
  • 1 Jun 2007 – 31 May 2008

    • References

    609th Air and Space Operations Center Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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