Lineage. Designated as 167 Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron on 14 May 1948. Organized on 1 Jun 1948. Redesignated as: 1956 Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron on 1 Oct 1948; 1956 Airways and Air Communications Service Group on 18 Sep 1959; 1956 Communications Group on 1 Jul 1961; 1956 Information Systems Group on 1 Aug 1984; 1956 Communications Group on 1 Nov 1986. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1992. Redesignated as 56 Air Communications Squadron on 12 Oct 2000. Activated on 27 Oct 2000. Redesignated as: 56 Air and Space Communications Squadron on 29 May 2003; 56 Air Communications Squadron on 31 May 2014.
Assignments. 68 Airways and Air Communications Service (AACS) Group (later, 1809 AACS Group; Far East AACS Region; Far East Communications Region), 1 Jun 1948; Pacific Communications Area (later, Pacific Communications Division; Pacific Information Systems Division; Pacific Communications Division), 1 Jul 1972; 475 Air Base Wing, 1 Oct 1990-1 Apr 1992. 502 Air Operations Group, 27 Oct 2000; 613 Support Group, 6 Oct 2006; 613 Air and Space Operations Center, 8 Oct 2010-.
Stations. Tokyo, Japan, 1 Jun 1948; Fuchu AB (later, Fuchu AS), Japan, 20 Aug 1953; Yokota AB, Japan, 30 Sep 1974-1 Apr 1992. Hickam AFB (later, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam), HI, 27 Oct 2000-.
Service Streamers. Korean Service.
Campaign Streamers. None.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Meritorious Unit Award: 1 Nov 2011-13 Apr 2012. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan 1976-31 Dec 1977; 1 Jan 1982-31 Dec 1983; 1 Jan 1985-31 Dec 1986; 1 Jul 2002-31 Aug 2004; 1 Jun 2005-5 Oct 2006; 6 Oct 2006-31 Oct 2007; 1 Nov 2008-31 Oct 2010. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award: 1 Jan 2013-31 Dec 2014.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through Jan 2019.
Supersedes statement prepared in Jun 2014.
Emblem. Approved on 15 Aug 2001.
Prepared by James M. Musser.
Reviewed by Daniel Haulman.