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In World War II, air liaison officers were senior officers of the Royal Air Force posted within a separate foreign or domestic military or civil service, providing communication between that service and the Royal Air Force. [1]
A joint assault signal company (JASCO) was a joint service unit that provided ship to shore and air to ground communications to coordinate and control naval gunfire and close air support for American land forces during World War II. They were composed of specially trained officers and enlisted personnel from the Navy, Marines, and Army.
The following year, the USAF created a new non-rated Air Liaison Officer AFSC, 13L, to form a career force of professional Air Liaison Officers and the AF began the first beta class of non-rated ALOs in the summer of 2009. [13] Upon completion of initial qualification training, these non-rated officers are awarded the 13L AFSC. [14]
Following lessons learned in WWII, the 1946 War Department Field Manual 31-35 defined the roles of a ground Forward Air Controller (FAC) and an airborne FAC, or Tactical Air Coordinator Airborne (TACA). Tactical Air Control Parties (TACP) consisted of a FAC and radio personnel, while an Air Liaison Officer (ALO) advised the ground commander.
11UXU – Air Liaison Officer (ALO) 11UXY – General 11UXZ – Other; 12 - Combat System Officer 12BX – Bomber Combat Systems Officer 12BXC – B-1 WSO; 12BXD – B-52 EWO; 12BXE – B-52 WSO; 12BXU – Air Liaison Officer (ALO) 12BXW – EWO, General; 12BXY – General; 12BXZ – Other; 12EX – Experimental Test Combat Systems Officer
Detachment 1 of the squadron trains, equips, and deploys airborne-qualified TACP members, air liaison officers, joint terminal attack controllers, and air mobility liaison officers to support the commanders of the 11th Airborne Division and its 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf ...
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April 1987 – January 1990, A/AO-37 Air Liaison Officer, forward air controller instructor pilot, and standardization and evaluation pilot, 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Howard AFB, Panama 3. March 1990 – September 1990, Student, F-15 replacement training, 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.