USAF AGS?

[Robswashashore]

Hello all--

 

As it is becoming more and more apparent that USAF squadron patches are gonna become my "Thing" can somebody out there please tell me what a USAF AGS (as in 405th AGS) is.

 

I'm usually pretty good at figuring stuff like this out but my usual internet references are giving me stuff like "Allied Ground Survailence" which doesn't right.

 

Is it Air-Ground Survail?

 

Thanks

 

 

Jean

[DutchInfid3l]

Aircraft Generation Squadron, I believe.

[Robswashashore]

Aircraft Generation Squadron, I believe.

 

 

Wow Sarah you're up early today!! How are you? :bye1:

 

I THOUGHT you'd be the first one to respond.

 

What does an Aircraft Generation Squadron do? How do you "generate" Aircraft?

[radmanpatches]

Aircraft Generation Squadron is correct.

AMS=Avionics Maintenance Squadron

AMXS=Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

FMS=Field Maintenance Squadron

CES=Civil Engineering Squadron

SPS=Security Police Squadron

Just to name a few.

Lots of USAF patches here..www.radmanpatches.com

Mark

[m1ashooter]

The airforce is always in a state of change. I think they do it to keep congress confused. Since the inception of the USAF the maintenance side of the house has been organized into many different shops and units and reorganized again and again. An aircraft generation squadron was a maintenance group who's job was to prepare and maintain aircraft for flight.

 

Here is an example of the state of flux in the USAF.

 

Originally activated on 27 Dec 1965, the 437th Organizational Maintenance Squadron directly supported airlift missions for the former 437th Military Airlift Wing by maintaining the various squadrons of C-124, C-130, and new C-141A Starlifter aircraft. With the onset of the Vietnam War, Charleston Air Force Base maintainers continued to deliver mission capable C-141A aircraft to meet the ongoing mobility requirements in southeast Asia. Re-designated the 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron on 1 Aug 1990, maintainers assisted in the preparation and launch of over 800 aircraft departures supporting Operation DESERT SHIELD and Operation DESERT STORM. In Jun 1993, maintenance personnel prepared as the first C-17A Globemaster III arrived at Joint Base Charleston. 1 Oct 2002, the 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron became the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and now prides itself as the single largest squadron in Air Mobility Command. The 437 AMXS continues to play an instrumental role supporting current DoD initiatives aimed at ensuring success in the Global War on Terrorism, and all other national military interests including humanitarian efforts worldwide.

[Robswashashore]

The airforce is always in a state of change. I think they do it to keep congress confused. Since the inception of the USAF the maintenance side of the house has been organized into many different shops and units and reorganized again and again. An aircraft generation squadron was a maintenance group who's job was to prepare and maintain aircraft for flight.

 

Here is an example of the state of flux in the USAF.

 

Originally activated on 27 Dec 1965, the 437th Organizational Maintenance Squadron directly supported airlift missions for the former 437th Military Airlift Wing by maintaining the various squadrons of C-124, C-130, and new C-141A Starlifter aircraft. With the onset of the Vietnam War, Charleston Air Force Base maintainers continued to deliver mission capable C-141A aircraft to meet the ongoing mobility requirements in southeast Asia. Re-designated the 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron on 1 Aug 1990, maintainers assisted in the preparation and launch of over 800 aircraft departures supporting Operation DESERT SHIELD and Operation DESERT STORM. In Jun 1993, maintenance personnel prepared as the first C-17A Globemaster III arrived at Joint Base Charleston. 1 Oct 2002, the 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron became the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and now prides itself as the single largest squadron in Air Mobility Command. The 437 AMXS continues to play an instrumental role supporting current DoD initiatives aimed at ensuring success in the Global War on Terrorism, and all other national military interests including humanitarian efforts worldwide.

 

 

Whew. I'm glad that I am not the only one who gets confused by all this!

[48MMS]

And as you get more into USAF squadrons, lets us not forget the older units, PMS or Periodic Maintenance Squadrons, forrunners to the Organizational Maintenance Squadrons; ADS, Aviation Depot Squadrons that preceeded the MMS or Munitions Miantenance Squadrons and of course you have patches with "MMS" that are really Missile Maintenance Squadrons. Most use the MIMS. AMS, Avionics Maintenance Squadron or AMS, Air Mobility Squadron. So a lot to keep track of. I was in the 27th AGS, which most claimed was "Always Getting Screwed"

[Robswashashore]

And as you get more into USAF squadrons, lets us not forget the older units, PMS or Periodic Maintenance Squadrons, forrunners to the Organizational Maintenance Squadrons; ADS, Aviation Depot Squadrons that preceeded the MMS or Munitions Miantenance Squadrons and of course you have patches with "MMS" that are really Missile Maintenance Squadrons. Most use the MIMS. AMS, Avionics Maintenance Squadron or AMS, Air Mobility Squadron. So a lot to keep track of. I was in the 27th AGS, which most claimed was "Always Getting Screwed"

 

 

LOL Like that PMS one! I'll keep my eye out for one of those patches!!!!!

[Bluehawk]

Here's the USAFPatches.com well-researched table of USAF acronyms and abbreviations - absolutely indispensable for anyone hoping to retain sanity when dealing with USAF militaria:

 

http://www.usafpatches.com/abbrev.shtml#e

[DutchInfid3l]

Wow Sarah you're up early today!! How are you? :bye1:

 

I THOUGHT you'd be the first one to respond.

 

What does an Aircraft Generation Squadron do? How do you "generate" Aircraft?

 

 

Ah, yes. I was. Got up early to go hiking here with a neighbor... she's the early bird.

[Teamski]

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