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During the Cold War, United States Air Force major commands wanted a flexible organization at the lower echelons to permit rapid adjustments in manning that short-term requirements often dictated. Because the manning of permanent organizations was judged to be too rigid, in 1948 the Air Force created a new type of temporary organization. These major command-controlled organizations were identified as "MAJCON." Using four-digit numbers allotted to each command (for example, 3900-4399 for Strategic Air Command) by Headquarters USAF, the commands could create and end MAJCON organizations as needed. When a MAJCON organization was discontinued or inactivated, its life ended, never to be revived. The number of this organization could then be reused to designate another, entirely new MAJCON organization. Although the original intent was to provide major command flexibility in establishing and terminating short-lived, temporary organizations, some MAJCON organizations existed more than forty years. See List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force.

While the United States Air Force Academy was not a major command, but a separate operating agency from 14 August 1954, and a direct reporting unit since 1 September 1978, it still created units under the MAJCON scheme, all with the number 7625.

The following units were created by and assigned to the United States Air Force Academy organization. They are all inactive since the activation of the 10th Air Base Wing as the support organization for the USAF Academy on 1 November 1994.

List of units

Name	Emblem	Dates	Notes
7625th Operations Squadron		at least April 1956 to August 1962	Inactivated. Initially at Lowry AFB, home of USAFA from 1954 to 1958
7625th Support Group		1957 to ?	Active at least as late as 30 June 1959. Inactivated.
7625th U.S. Air Force Hospital (formerly 7625th USAF Dispensary)		21 November 1960 to c. 8 April 1968;	Discontinued. Replaced by USAF Academy Hospital and later the 10th Medical Group on 1 November 1994
7625th Logistics Support Squadron (formerly 7625th Materiel Squadron, 7625th Logistics Squadron)		at least 1974 to 1984 to May 1990	Inactivated. Reported to USAFA/DCS Logistics
7625th Security Police Squadron (formerly 7625th Air Police Squadron)		at least 1984 to 1993	Redesignated 54th Security Police Squadron for a few months. Replaced by 10th Security Police Squadron
7625th Civil Engineering Squadron (formerly 7625th Installations Squadron)		at least 1973 to c. 16 Jan 1993	Redesignated 54th Civil Engineering Squadron. At some point it was replaced by "Civil Engineering" under Vice Commander's Office.
7625th Communications Squadron		1 April 1991 to c. 16 January 1993	Redesignated from 1876 CG. Inactivated and replaced by 54 CS for a few months, then 10 CS.
7625th Supply Squadron
7625th Transportation Squadron
7625th Comptroller Squadron		c. 1989 - c. 16 August 1992

Unit details

7625th Installations Squadron, 7625th Civil Engineering Squadron, 54 CES

The 7625th Installations Squadron was redesignated the 7625th Civil Engineering Squadron c. 1 July 1960. It was redesignated 54th Civil Engineering Squadron c. 16 Jan 1993 and remained active until 1 November 1994 when 10 CES was activated at USAFA to take over CE duties under the newly reactivated 10th Air Base Wing.

7625th Material Squadron, 7625th Logistics Squadron, 7625th Logistics Support Squadron

The 7625th Material Squadron's mission to equip, administer, train, and provide personnel for normal base material support for all assigned, 3 attached, and tenant units. This support includes all supply, maintenance, procurement, transportation, and service activities. Its final designation was the 7625th Logistics Support Squadron.

7625th Air Police Squadron, 7625th Security Police Squadron, 54 SPS

On 8 March 1967 the 7625th Air Police Squadron was redesignated the 7625th Security Police Squadron. The Security Police Squadron's mission was to perform law enforcement operations for the Academy, including the air field, college campus, and national park. In addition, the SP Squadron managed the information security program, crime prevention program, and personnel security program; registers vehicles; and issues passes and identification credentials. In 1993 the SP Squadron was authorized 84 military (76 assigned) and 3 civilian positions to accomplish its duties and functions. It was redesignated 54th Security Police Squadron c. 16 Jan 1993 for a short time before the current 10th Security Police (later Security Forces) Squadron took over on 1 November 1994.

7625th Communications Squadron, 54 CS

Control of the AFCC-owned 1876th Communications Group was transferred to USAFA sometime in 1990-1991 and was redesignated the 7625th Communications Squadron on 1 April 1991. The squadron would only exist with this designation for less than three years.

In 1993 the stated mission of the 7625th Communications Squadron was to provide the communications and computer services and support for the Academy. Services and support include management, control, maintenance, and logistics support for telephone services, public address system, ground radio, microcomputers, local area network, and hardware and software support of a Cadet Management System.

In 1993 the squadron was authorized 68 military positions, 45 civilian positions, and contractor services personnel to carry out its duties and functions. A 1993 DoD Inspector General study recommended that 12 military positions in the squadron be converted to civilian positions.

The 7625th Communications Squadron was replaced c. 16 January 1993 for a short time by the 54th Communications Squadron before the current the 10th Communications Squadron was reactivated on 1 November 1994 at USAFA to take over communications support duties under the newly reactivated 10th Air Base Wing.

References

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