The 609th Air Communications Squadron (609 ACOMS) is a communications squadron of the United States Air Force assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina with the mission of supporting the 609th Air Operations Center. The 609th Air Communications Squadron led the Air Force's communications planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom, directly supporting USCENTAF/A6 in war planning and preparations.[1] The unit formerly had Detachment 1 at the AFCENT Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base.[2]
Awards
edit2000 Lt Gen Harold W. Grant Award. (best comm org with less than 300 people)[3]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award:
- Detachment 1, 1 June 1989 - 31 May 1991[7]
- 1 July 1996 - 31 March 1998[8]
- 1 June 1998 - 31 May 2000[9]
- 1 June 2000 - 31 May 2002[10]
Commanders
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ intercom, November 2003 [1]
- ^ Glenn Powell Profile, LinkedIn
- ^ AWARDS, COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS, 2000 Communications and Information Awards, Air Force Times
- ^ ACC order GA-030, 2007
- ^ ACC order GA-018, 2007 or ACC GA-068, 2008
- ^ Tech. Sgt. Vincent A. Mouzon, Shaw wins Meritorious Unit Award, 7/23/2009, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
- ^ USAFE order GA-059, 1992
- ^ ACC order GA-045, 1998
- ^ ACC order GA-014, 2000
- ^ ACC order GA-093, 2002
- ^ Lt. Gen. Michael W. Peterson, USAF Biographies
- ^ Brigadier General Thomas J. Verbeck, US Air Force Military Biographies / Annual, 2004
- ^ 609th Air Communications Squadron Change of Command ceremony, 11 June 2008
External links
editCategory:Communications squadrons of the United States Air Force