817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron

817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron
Country	United States of America
Branch	USAF
Role	Expeditionary Air Support Operations
Size	Squadron
Part of	Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander
Garrison/HQ	somewhere in the Middle East

The United States Air Force's 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron (817 EASOS) is a combat support unit located at an undisclosed location in the Middle East. The 817 EASOS provides Tactical Command and Control of air power assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.^[1]

Lineage

Constituted as 817 Air Support Operations Squadron on 27 May 1994.
Activated on 1 Jul 1994. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1996.
Redesignated 817 Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, and converted to provisional status, on 12 Feb 2009.

617 Air Support Operations Group, 1 Jul 1994; Third Air Force, 1 Aug-30 Sep 1996. Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate at any time on or after 12 Feb 2009.

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security forces Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

United States Air Force Air Support Operations Units

Wings	93 AGOW 435 AGOW

Groups	1 ASOG 3 ASOG 4 ASOG 18 ASOG 194 ASOG 368 ESOG 504 EASOG 607th Air Support Operations Group

Squadrons	1 ASOS 2 ASOS 3 ASOS 4 ASOS 5 ASOS 7 ASOS 8 ASOS 9 ASOS 10 ASOS 11 ASOS 13 ASOS 14 ASOS 15 ASOS 17 ASOS 19 ASOS 20 ASOS 21 ASOS 24 EASOS 25 ASOS 72 EASOS 75 EASOS 82 EASOS 84 EASOS 85 EASOS 111 ASOS 116 ASOS 118 ASOS 116 ASOS 122 ASOS 165 ASOS 169 ASOS 238 ASOS 274 ASOS 604 ASOS 712 ASOS 717 EASOS 730 EASOS 807 EASOS 817 EASOS

Air force infantry and special forces units

Current	Special Operations Group Airfield Defence Guards Para-SAR Comandos de Aviación 15th Airborne Corps Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air German Air Force Regiment Garud Commando Force Korps Pasukan Khas Yehidat Shaldag Unit 669 17º Stormo Incursori Pasukan Khas Udara RNZAF Force Protection Special Service Wing 710th Special Operations Wing Polícia Aérea Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Flygbasjägare Royal Thai Air Force Security Force Regiment Special Forces RAF Regiment USAF Security Forces USAF Air Support Operations Squadrons USAF Special Tactics Squadrons

Defunct	Fallschirmjäger Luftwaffe Field Divisions Royal Air Force Commandos Unit 684 Kingdom of Italy A.D.R.A

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