51st Combat Communications Squadron [51st CBCS]
[Note: Combat Communications Squadrons[CBCS] are sometimes incorrectly referred to using the acronym CCS]
The 51st Combat Communication Squadron is a unit of th e5th Combat Communications Group, located at Robins AFB, GA. The 51st CBCS consists of approximately 180 people and provides communications and air traffic control support to an Air Force Headquarters, usually USCENTAF Headquarters.
The 51st returned, in September 2000, to Robins AFB after a deployment to Nellis AFB, NV where it participated in the Joint Expeditionary FOrces Experiment 2000, providing communications support. This was the third deployment for the squadron in the last six months; the previous two were made for the purpose of setting up tactical communications equipment and troubleshoot. During the course of this deployment, the squadron supported both the Combined Air Operations Center Forward and the Expeditionary Operations Center.
The 5th Combat Communications Group and 116th Air Control Wing here received orders to deploy to the Central Command theater of operations. The orders are a part of a larger action by the United States to reposition some of its military forces to support the President's global war on terrorism
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