The 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron (964 AACS) is part of the 552d Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry (AWACS) aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.
Provide the Combat Air Force with airborne systems and personnel for surveillance, warning and control of strategic, tactical, and special mission forces.
The squadron was an operational training unit for 25th Antisubmarine Wing from, November 1942–October 1943. It went on to train B-17 Flying Fortress replacement crews from, November 1943–April 1944.
It conducted visual reconnaissance, medical evacuation, and light transport services for ground forces in Burma from, 19 December 1944 until 3 May 1945.
The 964th flew long range surveillance missions in the late 1950s. It rotated aircrews to Southeast Asia from, c. 4 April 1965 – 17 May 1974. The 964th also flew combat support missions in Southwest Asia from, 17 January–6 March 1991.
4th Search Attack Squadron
Constituted as the 362d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942Activated on 15 July 1942Redesignated
18th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942Redesignated
4th Sea Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 23 October 1943Redesignated
4th Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 22 November 1943Disbanded on 10 April 1944
Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 164th Liaison Squadron (Commando) and the 964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron as the 964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron 164th Liaison Squadron
Constituted as the 164th Liaison Squadron (Commando) on 9 August 1944Activated on 3 September 1944Inactivated on 3 November 1945
Consolidated with the 4th Search Attack Squadron and the 964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron as the 964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron964th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Constituted as the 964th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 8 December 1954Activated on 8 March 1955Inactivated on 30 June 1974Redesignated
964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 7 February 1977Activated on 1 July 1977
Consolidated with the 4th Search Attack Squadron and the 164th Liaison Squadron 304th Bombardment Group, 15 July 194225th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 December 1942Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 24 August 1943 (attached to 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit after 30 September 1943)1st Search Attack Group, 23 October 1943 – 10 April 19441st Air Commando Group, 3 September 1944 – 3 November 19458th Air Division, 8 March 1955552d Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 8 July 1955 – 30 June 1974552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division; 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing, 552d Air Control Wing), 1 July 1977552d Operations Group, 29 May 1992–presentWorld War IIVietnam WarOperation Desert ShieldOperation Desert StormOperation Deliberate ForceOperation Enduring FreedomOperation Iraqi FreedomOperation Unified ProtectorOperation Inherent Resolve
