152d Air Operations Group The 152d Air Operations Group ( 152 AOG ) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard , stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base , Syracuse , New York . If called into active federal service , the group is gained by Air Combat Command . Mission . The 152nd Air Operations Group ' s primary day - to - day mission is to augment and support the 603d Air Operations Group , located at Ramstein Air Base , Germany , a part of United States Air Forces Europe ( USAFE ) . The 603d and 152d work together to set up and run an AN / USQ - 163 " Falconer " weapons system , also known as an Air and Space Operations Center , for the European theater of operations Components . The AN / USQ - 163 Falconer , better known as the Air and Space Operations Center ( AOC ) , is the senior element of the Theater Air Control System ( TACS ) . In the event of hostilities , the Joint Force Commander assigns a Joint Forces Air Component Commander ( JFACC ) to lead the AOC weapon system . Quite often the Commander , Air Force Forces ( COMAFFOR ) is assigned the JFACC position for planning and executing theater - wide air and space forces . When there is more than one service working in the AOC it is called the Joint Air and Space Operations Center . In cases of Allied or Coalition ( multinational ) operations , the AOC is called a Combined Air and Space Operations Center . There are usually five divisions in the AOC . These separate , but distinct , organizations fuse information that eventually becomes the Air Tasking Order . Strategy Division ( STRAT ) · Strategy Plans Team · Strategy Guidance Team · Operational Assessment Team Combat Plans Division ( CPD ) · Target Effects Team · Master Air Attack Plan Team · Air Tasking Order Production Team · Command and Control Planning Team Combat Operations Division ( COD ) · Offensive Ops Team · Defensive Ops Team · Senior Intelligence Duty Officer · Interface Control Intelligence , Surveillance , Reconnaissance Division ( ISR ) · Analysis , Correlation , and Fusion · Targeting and Tactical Assessment · ISR Operations Air Mobility Division ( AMD ) · Commander ' s Support Staff ( CCS ) o AMD Chief o Deputy AMD Chief o Superintendent · Air Mobility Control Team ( AMDM ) o Execution Cell o Mission Management o Flight Management o USAPAT Mission Planner o Maintenance · Airlift Control Team ( AMDL ) o Airlift Plans o DV Airlifts o Diplomatic Clearance o Requirements · Air Refueling Team ( AMDR ) · Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team ( AMDA ) The Theater Battle Management Core Systems ( TBMCS ) is a set of software systems used by the Joint Forces Air Component Commander ( JFACC ) and within Air Operations Centers by the United States Air Force combat forces to plan and execute military missions utilizing airborne resources . It has two levels of control , at the larger ' force ' level , or at the detailed ' unit ' level . It is used to generate the Air Tasking Order ( ATO ) . It replaced the Contingency Theater Automated Planning System ( CTAPS ) . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) also uses the Combined Air Operations Center concept at multiple locations . Supporting the air component commands are four static Combined Air Operations Centres ( CAOCCs ) to direct NATO air operations - in Udem , Germany ; Finderup , Denmark ; Poggio Renatico , Italy ; and Larissa , Greece ; and two deployable CAOCs in Udem and Poggio Renatico . The static CAOCs can support Allied air operations from their fixed locations , while the deployable CAOCs will move where they are needed . History . The 152d Air Operations Group was initially established in 1947 as the 152d Air Control Group . The unit was first stationed at the White Plains Armory and eventually moved to the Roslyn Air National Guard Station on Long Island . In 1984 the 152nd moved to Syracuse . The unit ' s original mission was as a Group Headquarters for tactical radar units in the Northeastern U . S . The 152d Air Control Group was called to active duty during the Korean War and the Berlin Crisis . In 2000 , the unit ' s federal mission was changed to augment the Air Operations Center at Ramstein Air Force Base , Germany , for the United States Air Forces Europe ( USAFE ) . The Air Operations Center provides planning , direction , and control of assigned Air Forces . They also direct activities of forces and monitor actions of both enemy and friendly forces . The 152nd AOG is recognized as a lead Air Reserve Component Air Operations Command ( AOC ) augmentation unit .