The 111th Close Assault Squadron, 23rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, 52nd Airborn Transport Command, and the 109th Helicopter Attack Team all made up the original air support contingent for the Irish Dragoons. Although the squadrons were reletaively small in comparison to those of many mecenary units, the squadrons managed to cover the majority of the airial support functions for the Irish Dragoons. Once it was decided to combine the contingent with the 360th AeroSpace Wing, the squadrons were designated as the 888th Close Support Group to help them maintain a their original sence of unit cohesiveness.

    The 111th Squadron is a low level, close support unit that relies on mostly on board weaponry to attack Battlemechs, armor, and other important ground targets. External ordnance can be carried, but the squadron tatics favor a high speed, high maneouverability attack patterns.

    The 23rd Squadron medium to high level, heavy bombardment unit. Massive loads of external ordnance are the main armmament to attack their designated targets from a varity of altitudes.

    The 52nd Airborne Transport Command provid all forms of transport short of DropShip functionality. They can carry all manner of supplies, eguipmen, and personel as well as paratroop deployment.