The 604th provides tactical command and control of airpower assets through the use of joint terminal attack controllers to the Joint Forces Air Component Commander and Joint Forces Land Component Commander for combat operations within the Korean peninsula.

The 604th provides joint terminal attack controllers and Air Liaison Officers to direct close air support to Army units with which they are embedded.

The squadron's controllers coordinate air strikes with direct fire missions.

[1] It absorbed the mission, personnel and equipment of the 7th Direct Air Support Flight, which had been performing the mission at Wheeler since October 1964 under 326th Air Division, and which was simultaneously inactivated.

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