 The unit, originally designated 728th Tactical Control Squadron was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina on 2 November 1950 followed by a move to Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina on 16 January 1954.On 12 June 1956, the squadron was stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.In the early 1960s, as Army airborne units were training for deployment to Vietnam, Detachment 1 of the 728th TCS operated out of a field deployment on Fort Bragg and set up mobile communications systems for Army field exercises.