113th Air Support Operations Squadron

113th Air Support Operations Squadron
USAF F-16C block 30 #85-1500 from the 113th FS has just left the paint barn with its new markings of the 181st FW on May 4th, 2006.
Active	26 August 1917–Present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Size	Intelligence analysis and information protection
Part of	Indiana Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, Indiana
Nickname(s)	Racers
Tail Code	TH
Engagements	World War I World War II
Insignia
113th Air Support Operations Squadron emblem

The 113th Air Support Operations Squadron (113 ASOS) is a unit of the Indiana Air National Guard 181st Intelligence Wing located at Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, Indiana. The 113d is one of four Air National Guard units equipped with the AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel Distributed Common Ground System.

The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 113th Aero Squadron, established on 26 August 1917. It was reformed on 1 August 1921, as the 113th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

History

Lineage

• Organized as 113th Aero Squadron on 26 Aug 1917

Re-designated: 634th Aero Squadron on 1 Feb 1918

Demobilized on 31 Mar 1919

• Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 137th Squadron which, having been allotted to Indiana National Guard, was organized on 1 Aug 1921

Re-designated: 113th Squadron on 3 Jan 1923

Re-designated: 113th Observation Squadron on 25 Jan 1923

Re-designated: 113th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 Jan 1942

Re-designated: 113th Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942

Re-designated: 113th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) on 2 Apr 1943

Re-designated: 113th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 15 Jun 1943

Re-designated: 113th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943

Disbanded on 30 Nov 1943

• Reconstituted on 21 Jun 1945

Re-designated: 113th Fighter Squadron and allotted to Indiana Air National Guard on 24 May 1946.

Extended federal recognition on 9 December 1946

Federalized and ordered to active service on: 10 February 1951

Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1 July 1962

Re-designated: 113th Fighter Squadron, 16 March 1992

Re-designated: 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, 3 May 2008

Assignments

• Unknown, 26 Aug-15 Sep 1917
• Pennsylvania National Guard, 15 Sep 1917-31 Mar 1919
• Indiana National Guard, 1 Aug 1921
• Originally intended as corps air service, served from 1923 as divisional aviation, 38th Division
• V Army Corps, 17 Jan 1941
• 67th Observation Group, 1 Sep 1941

Attached to 66th Observation Group, 12 Dec 1941-20 Jan 1942

• 77th Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 12 Mar 1942-30 Nov 1943
• 122d Fighter Group, 9 December 1946
• 122d Fighter-Interceptor Group, 10 February 1951
• 4706th Defense Wing, Air Defense Command, 6 February 1952
• Central Air Defense Force, Air Defense Command, 1 April 1952
• 122d Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1 November 1952
• 181st Tactical Fighter Group, 1 July 1962
• 181st Fighter Group, 16 March 1992
• 181st Operations Group, 1 October 1995
• 181st Intelligence Wing, 3 May 2008-Present

Stations

• Kelly Field, Texas, 26 August 1917
• Middletown Airfield, Pennsylvania, 15 September 1917 – 31 March 1919
• Kokomo, Indiana, 1 August 1921
• Indianapolis, Indiana, 1926
• Key Field, Mississippi, 27 January 1941
• MacDill Field, Florida, 16 December 1941
• Key Field, Mississippi, 27 January 1942
• New Orleans AAB, Louisiana, 5 February 1942
• Hattiesburg AAF, Mississippi, 23 June 1942
• Stinson Field, Texas, 6 July 1942

• DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, 27 July 1942
• Alamo AAF, Texas, 28 September 1942
• Abilene AAF, Texas, 1 July 1943
• Esler AAF, Louisiana, 13 September 1943
• Birmingham, AAF, Alabama, 14–30 November 1943
• Baer Field, Indiana, 9 December 1946

Operated from: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois , 1 May 1951-1 November 1952

• Hulman Field, Indiana, 1962

Designated: Terre Haute Air National Guard Base, 1991-Present

See also

• List of American Aero Squadrons
• List of United States Army National Guard Observation Squadrons

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.