01089454
SECRET
2447162
01-01-1988
2447343
06-30-1988
WING/0507/TACTICAL AIR CONTROL
HISTORY
K-WG-507-HI V.1
VOL I OF III
42166
1031
1212
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05-08-1989
507 TACTICAL AIR CONTROL WING (TACW) BASED AT SHAW AIR FORCE BASE SC WITH MISSION TO ADMINISTER AND MAINTAIN NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND PERSONNEL COMPRISING TACTICAL AIR CONTROL SYSTEM. CHAPTER 1 CONTAINS INFORMATION ON MISSION; ORGANIZATION; BUDGET REDUCTION WHICH LEAD TO INACTIVATION OF THREE 507 TACW UNITS (549 TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT TRAINING GROUP, 703 TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT SQUADRON (TASS), AND 72 TACTICAL CONTROL FLIGHT); PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TRANSFERS. CHAPTER 2 DISCUSSES PARTICIPATION OF WING IN OPERATIONS INCLUDING SPRINGLEAP 88, GOLDEN SABRE XV, TEAM SPIRIT 88, OCEAN VENTURE 88, AIR WARRIOR, AND AIR WARRIOR II. CHAPTER 3 CONTAINS REPORT ON VARIOUS WING INSPECTIONS: OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTIONS, OPERATIONAL READINESS EVALUATION, AND MISSION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. CHAPTER 4 CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF 507 TACW ACTIVITY: EXERCISES, PARACHUTE TRAINING, AND 703 TASS CH-3 HELICOPTER PARACHUTE JUMPS.
ORCON/OTHER PRIVILEGED
APPENDICES INCLUDE ROSTER OF KEY PERSONNEL, UNIT PERSONNEL STRENGTH, AND 549 TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT TRAINING SQUADRON (TASTS) CHRONOLOGY OF FIGHTER SUPPORT.