116th Air Control Squadron


The 116th Air Control Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron located at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center near Warrenton/Astoria, Oregon. In March 2011 the 116th departed for a deployment to Qatar. In 2006 the squadron deployed to Kandahar Air Base in support of Air Expeditionary Force 3 and 4, and Operation Enduring Freedom for 120 days. The 116th ACS is a deployable radar/communications unit.

History

116th timeline

Air Control Squadron
Allotted: 24 May 1946 to ANG
Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron,
Marietta Army Air Base, Georgia
Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee
July 1951 – 8 October 1952
Tactical Control Squadron
Portland, Air National Guard Base, Oregon
Relocated: Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Oregon October 1988
9 June 1971 – 1 May 1987
Tactical Control Flight
Portland, Air National Guard Base, Oregon
Relocated: Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Oregon October 1988
1 May 1987 – 16 June 1992
Air Control Squadron
Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Oregon
Redesignated: ACS 16 June 1992
Equipment: MPS-11A, TPS-40, TPS-43E, TPS-75, replacement radar August 1975 due to structural failures.

Deployments