152d Air Operations Group

152d Air Operations Group
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Country	United States
Allegiance	New York
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Group
Role	Aircraft Control
Garrison/HQ	Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York
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152d Air Operations Group emblem

The 152d Air Operations Group (152 AOG) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

Mission

The 152nd Air Operations Group's primary day-to-day mission is to augment and support the 603rd Air Operations Group, located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, a part of U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE). The 603rd and 152nd work together to set up and run an AN/USQ-163 "Falconer" weapons system, also known as an Air and Space Operations Center, for the European theater of operations

Components

The AN/USQ-163 Falconer, better known as the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC), is the senior element of the Theater Air Control System (TACS). The Joint Force Commander (JFC) assigns a Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) to lead the AOC weapon system. Quite often the Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) is assigned the JFACC position for planning and executing theater-wide air and space forces. When there is more than one service working in the AOC it is called the Joint Air and Space Operations Center (JAOC). In cases of Allied or Coalition (multinational) operations, the AOC is called a Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC).

There are usually five divisions in the AOC. These separate, but distinct, organizations fuse information that eventually becomes the Air Tasking Order.

Strategy Division (STRAT) · Strategy Plans Team · Strategy Guidance Team · Operational Assessment Team

Combat Plans Division (CPD) · Target Effects Team · Master Air Attack Plan Team · Air Tasking Order Production Team · Command and Control Planning Team

Combat Operations Division (COD) · Offensive Ops Team · Defensive Ops Team · Senior Intelligence Duty Officer · Interface Control

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Division (ISR) · Analysis, Correlation, and Fusion · Targeting and Tactical Assessment · ISR Operations

Air Mobility Division (AMD) · Commander's Support Staff (CCS) o AMD Chief o Deputy AMD Chief o Superintendent · Air Mobility Control Team (AMDM) o Execution Cell o Mission Management o Flight Management o USAPAT Mission Planner o Maintenance · Airlift Control Team (AMDL) o Airlift Plans o DV Airlifts o Diplomatic Clearance o Requirements · Air Refueling Team (AMDR) · Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team (AMDA)

The Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS) is a set of software systems used by the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) and within Air Operations Centers by the United States Air Force combat forces to plan and execute military missions utilizing airborne resources. It has two levels of control, at the larger 'force' level, or at the detailed 'unit' level. It is used to generate the Air Tasking Order (ATO). It replaced the Contingency Theater Automated Planning System (CTAPS).

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also uses the Combined Air Operations Center concept at multiple locations. Supporting the air component commands are four static Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCCs) to direct NATO air operations - in Udem, Germany; Finderup, Denmark; Poggio Renatico, Italy; and Larissa, Greece; and two deployable CAOCs in Udem and Poggio Renatico. The static CAOCs can support Allied air operations from their fixed locations, while the deployable CAOCs will move where they are needed.

Units

• 103d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
• 103d Tactical Control Flight

History

The 152d Air Operations Group was initially established in 1947 as the 152d Air Control Group. The unit was first stationed at the White Plains Armory and eventually moved to the Roslyn Air National Guard Station on Long Island. In 1984 the 152nd moved to Syracuse. The unit's original mission was as a Group Headquarters for tactical radar units in the Northeastern U.S.

The 152d Air Control Group was called to active duty during the Korean War and the Berlin Crisis. In 2000, the unit's federal mission was changed to augment the Air Operations Center at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, for the United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE). The Air Operations Center provides planning, direction, and control of assigned Air Forces. They also direct activities of forces and monitor actions of both enemy and friendly forces. The 152nd AOG is recognized as a lead Air Reserve Component Air Operations Command (AOC) augmentation unit.

Lineage

• Re-designated 152d Aircraft Warning & Control Group 24 May 1946 and allocated to the New York National Guard

Extended federal recognition and activated, 15 Mar 1948

Called to active duty Aug 1951

Inactivated 20 Dec 1952

Allocation to New York NG withdrawn, 1952

• Allotted to New York ANG, 1952

Extended federal recognition and activated c 31 Dec 1952

Re-designated: 152d Tactical Control Group in 1953

Federalized and placed on active duty, Oct 1961

Released from active duty and returned to New York state control, c 1 Nov 1962

Re-designated: 152d Air Control Group in 1992

Re-designated: 152d Air Operations Group 1 Aug 1996

Federalized and placed on active duty, Dec 2001

Released from active duty and returned to New York state control, Undetermined

Federalized and placed on active duty, Jan 2003

Released from active duty and returned to New York state control, Feb 2003

Assignments

• 52d Fighter Wing 1948
• New York Air National Guard , 1 November 1950
• First Air Force, 1 August 1951
• Eastern Air Defense Force, 6 February 1952
• 32d Air Division, 1 April 1952
• Northeast Air Command, 1952
• New York Air National Guard, 1 October 1961
• Ninth Air Force, 1 November 1962
• New York Air National Guard, 1 December 2001-Undetermined; 1 January 2003-Undetermined; 1 February 2003-Present

Stations

• Westchester County Apt,NY -about Aug 51
• Grenier AFB, NH -about Apr 52
• Pepperell AFB Labrador -Dec 52
• Westchester County Apt, NY -1953 (possibly -1959)
• Roslyn ANGS, NY -Aug 62
• Mannheim AS, Germany -about 1 Nov 62

• Roslyn ANGS, NY -Oct 84
• Hancock ANGB, NY -Dec 01
• Ramstein AB -unknown
• Hancock ANGB, NY -Jan 03
• Unknown -Feb 03
• Hancock ANGB, NY.

Weapons Systems Operated

• AN/USQ-163 Falconer AOC

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Gross, Charles J (1996), The Air National Guard and the American Military Tradition, United States Dept. of Defense, ISBN: 0160483026
• New York Air National Guard website
• 152d Air Operations Group
• 152d AOS History and Lineage