The 7th ferried lend-lease aircraft to Alaska for turnover to the Soviet Union from, June 1942–March 1944. It conducted aerial transportation in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 13 December 1944–September 1945. Reestablished in 1952 as an Air Force Logistics Command controlled logistics squadron. Its mission was to provide worldwide airlift of nuclear weapons and related equipment, with a secondary mission to airlift other Department of Defense cargo as required when space was available. The squadron also provided airlift support during Cuban Missile Crisis from, 17 –28 October 1962. Inactivated in 1966. Became a Military Air Transport ServiceC-124 Globemaster II strategic transport squadron flying worldwide airlift operations. Inactivated with retirement of C-124 in 1966.
Reactivated in 1968 and performed Airborne Battlefield Command and Control mission in Southeast Asia from, 1 March 1968 – 15 August 1973 and controlled airborne forces during the recovery of the SS Mayagüez in May 1975, in Grenada from, 23 October–21 November 1983, in Panama from, December 1989–January 1992, and in Southwest Asia from, 1 September 1990 – 16 March 1991. In 1994, the 7 ACCS was moved from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska where it transitioned from EC-130 aircraft flying the ABCCC mission to the EC-135 aircraft flying the Airborne Command PostOperation Looking Glass mission in support of nuclear command and control for United States Strategic Command. In October 1998, the "Looking Glass" mission was transferred to the Navy's Boeing E-6 Mercury fleet, the last of the US Air Force's EC-135 fleet was retired, and the 7 ACCS was inactivated. In March 2008, the unit was again reactivated - this time as the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron to be the forward operating squadron for E-8 Joint STARS supporting the United States Central CommandArea of Responsibility.
Lineage
; 7th Ferrying Squadron
Constituted as the 7th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 February 1942
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 7th Combat Cargo Squadron, the 7th Air Transport Squadron and the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron as the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985
; 7th Combat Cargo Squadron
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 7th Ferrying Squadron, the 7th Air Transport Squadron and the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron as the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985
; 7th Air Transport Squadron
Consolidated with the 7th Ferrying Squadron, the 7th Combat Cargo Squadron and the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron as the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985
; 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron
Constituted as the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and activated on 13 February 1968
Redesignated 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron and converted to provisional status on 19 March 2008
Assignments
North West Sector, Ferrying Command, 18 February 1942 – 1 April 1944
