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17th Special Tactics Squadron

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Overview
Organization
Lineage
Assignments Stations
See also
References
Notes Bibliography
External links

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The 17th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the ten Special Tactics Squadrons of United States Air Force Special Operations Command. It is garrisoned at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Overview

The 17th STS is the only Special Tactics Squadron that is composed solely of Tactical Air Control Party operators and Air Liaison Officers. The other Special Tactics Squadrons are composed of Special Tactics Officers, Combat Controllers, Combat Rescue Officers, Pararescuemen and Special Operations Weather Technicians. The squadron's primary mission is to provide special tactics TACPs to the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment for unconventional operations.^[2]^[3]

Organization

The 17th STS is made up of a headquarters unit and two operational detachments. The headquarters unit is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Detachment 1 (Red Team) is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia and is attached to 1st Ranger Battalion. Detachment 2 (Silver Team) is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and is attached to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Each detachment consists of 13 TACPS and one ALO.

Lineage

Constituted as the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron on 24 June 1994

Activated on 1 July 1994

Redesignated 17th Special Tactics Squadron on 8 August 2013^[1]

Assignments

18th Air Support Operations Group 1 July 1994
720th Special Tactics Group 1 October 2008 – present^[1]

Stations

Fort Benning, Georgia, 1 July 1994 – present^[1]

References

Notes

1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1501829/17-special-tactics-squadron-afsoc/ |last1=Bailey|first1=Carl E.|title=Factsheet 17 Special Tactics Squadron (AFSOC)|date=April 24, 2018|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|deadurl=no |accessdate=May 3, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/495171/24th-sow-re-designates-17th-asos/|title=24th SOW re-designates 17th ASOS|last=Savage|first=Craig|date=28 August 2013|website=|publisher=24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs|archiveurl=|archivedate=|deadurl=no|accessdate=11 April 2014|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afsoc.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/877959/24th-special-operations-wing/|title=24th Special Operations Wing|last=|first=|date=20 February 2015|website=|publisher=24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Office|archiveurl=|archivedate=|deadurl=no|accessdate=9 March 2013|df=}}

Bibliography

Further reading

{{cite book |author1=Col John T. Carney Jr. |author2=Benjamin F. Schemmer |title=No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran To Afghanistan |year=2003 |publisher=Presidio Press |isbn=978-0345453358}}

External links

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