The 644 CBCS incorporates 12 Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSCs) and 120 personnel into a close-knit deployable communications team. It is a rapid-deployment unit designed to deploy all or part of a 28-person team "within a moment’s notice" to establish and provide initial NIPR/SIPR services and Secure/Non-secure voice capabilities in austere operating locations and barebones airbases.
Quality Assurance - Performs inspections and maintains every special maintenance program for the unit. QA serves as the primary technical advisory agency in the maintenance of the organization, assisting maintenance supervision at all levels to resolve quality problems. The evaluation and analysis of deficiencies and problem areas are key functions of QA that highlight and identify underlying issues in Combat Communication operations.
CSS - Manages unit awards, decorations, and evaluations to ensure personnel recognition and performance tracking. Overseeing programs such as promotion testing, security management, and unit drug demand reduction. Acting as a focal point for military personnel services and actions, ensuring efficient operations within the command structure. These functions are essential for maintaining operational readiness and supporting the overall mission of Combat Communications.
SCO - Performs as the primary team to rapidly deploy in INDOPACOM contingencies. The flight also ensures readiness for the unit’s 14 deployable communications kits, trains expeditionary Airmen to operate assigned deployable communications and support equipment in a variety of environments, and performs all preventative equipment maintenance on $102 million of tactical communications equipment and gear.
SCX - Provide current and future operations planning, support to meet mission requirements, and in-garrison training. Oversees future operations planning, maintains current operations situational awareness for the commander, and ensures effective and secure resource allocation to meet mission needs. Also, the flight is responsible to running and maintaining the PACAF’s only expeditionary communications training courses, conducting testing and evaluation of new technologies from around the expeditionary community before official onboarding as a capability within the squadron.