War II: Western Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan. Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citations: Japan, 10 May 1945; Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, 23–29 May 1945. Lineage 61st Bombardment Squadron' Constituted as the 61st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 November 1940 Activated on 15 January 1941 Inactivated on 1 April 1944 Redesignated 61st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy and activated on 1 April 1944 Inactivated on 27 December 1945 Consolidated with the 961st Airborne Warning and Control Squadron as the 961st Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron Constituted as the 961st Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron on 11 October 1954 Activated on 18 December 1954 Inactivated on 31 December 1969 Redesignated 961st Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron on 31 December 1979 [sic] Activated on 1 October 1979 Redesignated 961st Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 1 January 1982 (1982–1994) Redesignated 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron on 1 August 1994 (1994–Present) Assignments 39th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941 – 1 April 1944 39th Bombardment Group, 1 April 1944 – 27 December 1945 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 18 December 1954 – 31 December 1969 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division), 1 October 1979 28th Air Division, 1 April 1985 313th Air Division< 1 October 1990 (attached to Fifth Air Force for operations) 18th Operations Group 1 October 1991 – present) Stations Fort Douglas, Utah, 15 Jan 1941 Geiger Field, Washington, 2 Jul 1941 Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 5 Feb 1942-1 Apr 1944 Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 1 Apr 1944 Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 27 May 1944 Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 17 Ju1y 1944 - 8 January 1945 North Field, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, 18 February 1945 - 16 November 1945 Camp Anza, California, 15 December 1945 - 27 December 1945 Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 18 December 1954 – 31 December 1969 Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, 1 October 1979 – present) Aircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1941–1942) Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1942–1944) Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1944–1945) Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star (1955–1969) Boeing E-3 Sentry (1979–present) References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography 18th Operations Group Fact Sheet 961