962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron

962d Airborne Air Control Squadron (962 AACS)
Squadron E-3G Sentry (AWACS) aircraft on the ramp at Elmendorf
Active1943–1945; 1955–1969; 1986–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAirborne Battle Management Command and Control
Part ofPacific Air Forces
Garrison/HQJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Motto(s)Eyes of the Eagle[1]
Anniversaries22 September (Yukla 27 crash)
EngagementsEuropean Theater of Operations[1]
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Lt Col Jared Lemmons
Notable
commanders
  • Lt Col Clint Hammer (2022-2024)
  • Lt Col Pamela Boyarski (2020-2022)
  • Lt Col James Stone (2018-2020)
  • Lt Col Michelle Shicks (2016-2018)
  • Lt Col Eric Gonzalez (2014-2016)
  • Lt Col Michael Erickson (2012-2014)
  • Lt Col Michael Mote (2010-2012)
  • Lt Col Michael Homola (2008-2010)
  • Lt Col Russel Armstrong (2006-2008)
  • Lt Col Roger Brown (2004-2006)
  • Lt Col Mark Nakanishi (2002-2004)
  • Lt Col Cristof Cordes (2001-2002)
  • Lt Col James Eisenhart (1999-2001)
  • Lt Col William Macbeth (1997-1999)
  • Lt Col William Carter (1995-1997)
  • Lt Col John Newsom (1994-1995)
  • Lt Col Richard Strom (1992-1994)
  • Lt Col Sammy Todd (1990-1992)
  • Lt Col Thomas Toops (1988-1990)
  • Lt Col Joseph Moynihan (1986-1988)
Insignia
962d Airborne Air Control Squadron emblem[a][1]
962d Airborne Warning & Control Sq emblem[b][2]
Patch with 962d Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron emblem[c][2]
Squadron fuselage code (World War II)[d]C

The 962d Airborne Air Control Squadron is part of the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. It operates the Boeing E-3G Sentry aircraft conducting airborne battle management command and control missions. The squadron's first predecessor was the 862d Bombardment Squadron, a heavy bomber unit that saw combat during World War II in the European Theater of Operations, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. Toward the end of the war, the squadron operated fighter aircraft, acting as a scouting force for bomber formations. After V-E Day, the squadron returned the United States and was inactivated.

The second predecessor of the squadron was activated at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts as the 962d Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron in 1955. It performed surveillance and warning missions off the Atlantic coast until inactivating in 1969. The two squadrons were consolidated into a single unit in 1985. The consolidated squadron was activated in Alaska the following year and has provided surveillance, detection and control of airpower since then.

  1. ^ a b c d Robertson, Patsy (31 March 2008). "Factsheet 962 Airborne Air Control Squadron (PACAF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Endicott, p. 896


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