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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name= 253d = 153d Command and Control GroupSquadron

| image = 153d Command and Control Squadron.png

| image_size = 200

| caption = 153d Command and Control Squadron emblem

| dates = 2002 – present

| country = [[United States]]

| allegiance =

| branch = [[United States Air Force]]

| type = [[Command and Control (military)|Command and Control]]

| role = Mobile [[Command and Control (military)|C2]]

| size =

|size=

| command_structure = [[Air National Guard|ANG]]/[[Air Force Space Command|AFSPC]]

| current_commander = Lt Col JasonEric R. AllenHill

| garrison = [[F. E. Warren Air Force Base|F. E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]]

| ceremonial_chief =

| nickname =

| patron =

| motto = ALWAYS READY;

SOUND THE HORN

|colors=

| colors = Red, Blue and Gold

|march=

| march =

|mascot=

| mascot = Armored Horse

|battles=

| battles =

| anniversaries =

| decorations = [[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg|75 px]] [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award|AFOUA]]

}}

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==History==

===4th Command and Control Squadron===

[[Air Force Space Command]] transferred the [[4th Command and Control Squadron]] (4 CACS) to the [[Wyoming Air National Guard]] on 2 July 2002, with the activation of the 153 CACS and the inactivation of 4 CACS.

===721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron===

The '''721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron''' ('''721 MCCS''') was reassigned from the 721st Support Group ([[Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station]]), to the 90th Operations Group, 90th Space Wing ([[FE Warren AFB]]) on 1 July 1999.<ref>AFSPC Special Order GD-017, 6 July 1999</ref> The 153 CACS inherited equipment and mission from the 721 MCCS when the latter unit was inactivated in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3731/is_200208/ai_n9137599 |title=National Guard: "Air Guard outfit takes steps toward the 'Fourth Dimension'" |publisher=Findarticles.com |access-date=2013-09-21}}</ref>

===4th Command and Control Squadron===

[[Air Force Space Command]] transferred the [[4th Command and Control Squadron]] (4 CACS) to the [[Wyoming Air National Guard]] on 2 July 2002, with the activation of the 153 CACS and the inactivation of 4 CACS.

===Logo Significance===

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==Bases stationed==

*[[F. E. Warren Air Force Base|F. E. Warren AFB]], [[Wyoming]] (19991998 – present)

*[[Peterson Air Force Base|Peterson AFB]], [[Colorado]] (1989 - 1999)

==Equipment Operated==

*Mobile Consolidated Command CenterAN/TSQ-194 (1998 – present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1005/exclusives2b.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127051941/http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1005/exclusives2b.shtml |archive-date=2006-01-27 |title="Guard’s mission expands into space," Airman Magazine Web exclusive |publisher=Web.archive.org |access-date=2013-09-21}}</ref><ref>World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. {{ISBN|1-880588-01-3}}</ref>

==Decorations==

*[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] [[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg]]

**1 October 1995 – 30 September 1997<ref>AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997</ref> (as the 721st721 MCCS)

==References==

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[[Category:Military units and formations in Wyoming]]

[[Category:Space squadrons of the United States Air Force|Command and Control 0153]]

[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2002]]