201st Combat Communications Group

201st Combat Communications Group
201st Combat Communications Group logo
Active	1967 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	State of Hawaii
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Combat Communications
Role	Command and Control
Part of	Hawaii ANG
Garrison/HQ	Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Commanders
Current commander	Col Joseph A. Garnett

The United States Air Force's 201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG) is a combat communications unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, USA. The 201 CCG is composed of a group headquarters and five assigned units located on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai.

Mission

The 201st CCG’s mission is to provide tactical communications and air traffic services in the defense and service of the United States of America and its allies. It also supports emergency United States Air Force requirements for air traffic control and communications facilities, as well as to provide tactical communications for the State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, in response to emergencies originating from either human or natural causes.

Mission Statement

History

Emblem

Azure, a lightning bolt bendwise or garnished gules between a pattern of six mullets of five points of varying sizes argent and in dexter base a silhouetted Hawaiian warrior brown fimbriated of the second, all within a diminished bordure of the like.

Previous designations

• 201st Combat Communications Group (1976 – present)
• 201st Combat Communications Squadron (1967–1976)

Squadrons currently assigned

• 147th Combat Communications Squadron - San Diego, California
• 242d Combat Communications Squadron – Fairchild AFB, Washington
• 291st Combat Communications Squadron – Hilo, Hawaii
• 292d Combat Communications Squadron – Kahului, Hawaii
• 293d Combat Communications Squadron – Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii/Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii

Squadrons previously assigned

• 201st Intelligence Squadron – ???
• 206th Combat Communications Squadron – Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (1 Oct 1987 – 1 Apr 2008)
• 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron – Kalaeloa, Hawaii

Bases stationed

• Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (6 March 1967–present)

Decorations

• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
  • 1 Jan 1993 – 31 Jul 1994
  • 1 Jul 2003 – 30 Jun 2005

External links

• Hawaii ANG: 201st Combat Communications Group