page_title: 25th Air Support Operations Squadron
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 25th Air Support Operations Squadron / History
caption_attribution_description: View of the top portion of the Wau airstrip, New Guinea, which was unique in that it ran up the slope of a hill requiring pilots to use judgment in landing. The aircraft are, from left to right, a CAC Wirraway of 4 Squadron RAAF (coded QE-L), a Douglas A-24 Banshee (s/n 41-15801) of the USAAF and a Stinson L-5 Sentinel (s/n 42-98060) of the 25th Liaison Squadron USAAF.
context_page_description: The United States Air Force's 25th Air Support Operations Squadron is a combat support unit located at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. The squadron provides tactical command and control of airpower assets to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations.
caption: 25th Liaison Squadron L-5 and other aircraft at Wau airfield New Guinea 1944
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