List of United States Air Force communications squadrons

An Air Communications Squadron, sometimes Air and Space Communications Squadron, is usually assigned to either a standard Numbered Air Force (NAF) or an Air Operations Center and directly supports the Air Operations Center. == Communications Groups (CG) and Squadrons (CS) ==

The emblems of many communications squadrons feature the armored fist and three lightning bolts of the previous career field's Communications and Information badge, which was based on the emblem first approved for Air Force Communications Service. Four-digit major command-controlled units Communications squadrons Communications Groups Airways and Air Communications Service squadrons The first Airways and Air Communications Service (AACS) squadrons were formed on 1 June 1948, when the United States Air Force (USAF) discontinued the Army Air Forces Base Unit system while implementing the Wing Base reorganization (Hobson Plan). On 1 October 1948, active AACS squadrons were renumbered starting at 1900 when USAF required Major Command controlled units to have four digits contained within blocks of numbers allotted to the commands. AACS Squadrons active on 1 June 1961 were redesignated as communications squadrons. Those squadrons numbered in the 1200s were renumbered in the 2100s retaining the last two digits of their AACS number. USAF Communications Squadrons [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120104913/http://www.ranger95.com/airforce/communication/comm_sq_index.html emblems == Communications Support Squadrons (CSPTS or JCSS) ==

• Air Combat Command Communications Support Squadron • 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron, formerly 224th Combat Communications Squadron (Contingency), Brunswick, Georgia, Georgia Air National Guard • 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, MacDill AFB, Florida Air National Guard • 375th Communications Support Squadron, 375th Communications Group, 375th Air Mobility Wing == Expeditionary Communications Squadrons (ECS) ==

== Combat Communications Squadrons (CBCS) ==

== Space Communications Squadrons (SCS) ==

A Space Communications Squadron was a Communications Squadron supporting Air Force Space Command, and later the United States Space Force to which all active SCS transferred in 2020-2021. == Engineering Installation Squadrons ==

== Specialized Communications Squadrons==