970th Airborne Air Control Squadron E-3 Sentry

Fly with the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron in this handcrafted E-3 Sentry model. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love.

Specifications:
Length: 12.3 inches
Wingspan: 17 inches

The 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (970 AACS) is part of the 513th Air Control Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates the E-3 Sentry aircraft conducting airborne command and control missions.

History
Emblem: On a black disc bordered in yellow a white “Pugnacious Hare” outlined in black, wearing white boxing gloves marked with black and a red turtle-necked jersey with yellow band at neck and waist, standing in a fighting stance on a red aerial bomb bordered in yellow and white speed flashes and red and black fins. (Approved 29 April 1942)

Lineage
Constituted 29th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 November 1940
Activated on 1 April 1941
Redesignated: 29th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 7 May 1942
Inactivated on 1 November 1946
Redesignated 130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium, Photographic) on 24 July 1951
Activated on 1 August 1951
Redesignated: 130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) on 16 June 1952
Redesignated: 130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 16 October 1952
Inactivated on 1 January 1953
Consolidated (19 September 1985) with the 360th Reconnaissance Squadron, which was constituted, and activated, on 4 April 1966
Organized on 8 April 1966. Redesignated 360th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967
Inactivated on 31 July 1973
Redesignated: 970th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 18 September 1985
Redesignated: 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron on 7 March 1996
Activated in the Reserve on 15 March 1996.
Assignments
40th Bombardment Group, 1 April 1941[2]6th Bombardment Group, 12 May 1943[3]VI Bomber Command, 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946[4]111th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, 1 August 1951
111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 16 January 1952 – 1 January 1953
460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 April 1966
483d Tactical Airlift Wing, 31 August 1971
377th Air Base Wing, 1 February 1972
463d Tactical Airlift Wing, 24 November 1972
1st Special Operations Wing, 1–31 July 1973
513th Air Control Group, 15 March 1996–present
Stations
Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, i April 1941
Aguadulce AAF, Panama, 16 June 1942
Anton AAF, Panama, c. 29 March 1943
Seymour Island Army Airfield, Baltra, Galápagos Islands, c. 13 May 1943
Howard Field, Canal Zone, c. 10 April 1944
Rio Hato AAB, Panama, 9 September 1944
Howard Field, Canal Zone, 8 December 1944
Rio Hato AAB, Panama, 27 January 1945
Seymour Island Afld, Galapagos Islands, 26 April 1945
Rio Hato AAB, Panama, October 1945-1 November 1946
Fairchild AFB, Washington, 1 August 1951 – 1 January 1953
Tan Son Nhut Afld (later, AB), South Vietnam, 8 April 1966 – 24 November 1972
Dyess AFB, Texas, 24 November 1972
Eglin AF Aux Field#9 (Hurlburt Field), Florida, 1–31 July 1973
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 15 March 1996–present
Aircraft
B-18 Bolo, 1941–1942
Northrop A-17, 1942–1943
B-24 Liberator, 1943–1946
RB-29 Superfortress, 1951–1952
C/EC-47, 1966–1972
E-3 Sentry, 1996–present

Operational history

The squadron flew antisubmarine patrols in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean in defense of the Panama Canal during World War II. It conducted replacement training from 1943 to 1945 and 1951 to 1952. The 970th monitored and located enemy radio transmitters and conducted psychological warfare operations in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos from 1966 to 1972. It has trained for and flown air control missions since March 1996.[5]

1941
The 29th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was constituted and assigned to the Puerto Rican Department, pursuant to instru