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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]
List of United States Air Force air support operations squadrons identifies all air support operations squadrons in the United States Air Force. ASOS squadrons are made up of Tactical Air Control Party airmen, Air Liaison Officers and other support airmen.
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]
The group directs four squadrons operating from 11 locations in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and Japan. The group provides an Air Support Operations Center and Tactical Air Control Parties to US Army combat units at multiple echelons including United States Army Pacific, I Corps, and nine aviation, airborne, infantry and Stryker brigade combat teams of the 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions.
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.
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
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.