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| 1st Combat Communications Squadron | |
|---|---|
 1st Combat Communications Squadron Insignia | |
| Active | 1952 – present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) |
| Role | Combat Communications |
| Size | Squadron |
| Part of | 435th Air Ground Operations Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | Ramstein Air Base, Germany |
| Nickname(s) | Combat Comm, 1st CCS, 1st Mob, First Mob, 1st Comm, First Comm, 1CCGP, 1CISG |
| Motto(s) | "First In - Last Out" |
The 1st Combat Communications Squadron is a military communications unit of the United States Air Force.[1] It is part of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, United States Air Forces in Europe. It is located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
The squadron traces its history to the constitution of the 1st Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron, Mobile, on 28 January 1952, and its subsequent activation on 1 March 1952 at Johnson Air Base, Japan, as part of the 1808th Airways and Air Communications Service Wing, Airways and Air Communications Service, USAF.[2] After a number of changes, the then-1st Mobile Communications Group arrived at Lindsey ASN, West Germany, in January 1976, thereafter being assigned to the European Communications Area.
Today the squadron's mission is to provide rapidly-deployable communications and air traffic control services throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The unit also supports training exercises, deployments, contingencies, and special military projects for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States European Command, the Department of State, and the United Nations, as directed by United States Air Forces in Europe. In many cases, the unit's mission requires its members to be some of the first US forces to arrive at an operating location. Because of the nature of the operation and the services the unit provides, unit members are frequently among the last personnel to leave. Hence the motto, "First In--Last Out."
The squadron was the Air Force's Major General Harold M. McClelland Large Unit of the Year Award winner for 2017.
- ^ "Combat Comm supports 40-year UN resolution". Kaiserslautern American. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Miller 1990, p. 173.