The 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 organization. Its last assignment was with the 543d Tactical Support Group being stationed at Komaki Airfield, Japan. It was inactivated on 25 February 1951.

Lineage

• Constituted 382d Fighter Squadron on 11 February 1943

Activated on 1 March 1943

Redesignated 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 August 1944

Inactivated on 3 February 1946

• Redesignated 162d Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 9 July 1946

Activated on 29 July 1946

Redesignated 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 14 June 1948

Inactivated on 25 February 1951.

Assignments

• 363d Fighter (later Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 1 March 1943
• XII Tactical Air Command, 29 September 1944

Attached to Reconnaissance Group [Prov], XII Tactical Air Command, 16 October 1944-21 April 1945

• Ninth Air Force
  Ninth Air Force
  The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
  
  , 15 November 1944

XIX Tactical Air Command, 21 April 1945

Attached to: 9th Reconnaissance Group [Prov], 21 April 1945

Attached to: 10th Photographic Group, 22–25 April 1945

• 10th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Group, 25 April 1945
• United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 24 June 1945
• Third Air Force
  Third Air Force
  The Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
  
  , 3 August 1945-3 February 1946
• 363d Reconnaissance (later Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 29 July 1946

Attached to: Fifth Air Force

Fifth Air Force

The Fifth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Yokota Air Base, Japan....

, 18 August-26 September 1950

Attached to: 543d Tactical Support Group, 26 September l0 October 1950

• 543d Tactical Support Group, 10 October 1950-25 February 1951

Stations

• Hamilton Field, Calif, 1 March 1943
• Santa Rosa AAF1d, Calif, 23 August 1943
• Hayward AAFId, Calif, 4 October-2 December 1943
• RAF Keevil, England, 23 December 1943
• RAF Rivenhall, England, 22 January 1944
• RAF Staplehurst, England, 14 April 1944
• Maupertus, France, c. 3 July 1944
• Azeville, France, 23 August 1944
• Montrevil, France, 13 September 1944
• Dijon, France, 24 September 1944
• Azelot, France, 2 November 1944

• Haguenau, France, 31 March 1945
• Wiesbaden, Germany, 21 April 1945
• Furth, Germany, 26 April 1945
• Reims, France, C. 24 June-July 1945
• Drew Field, Fla, 3 August 1945
• MacDill Field, Fla, 21 December 1945-3 February 1946
• Brooks Field, Tex, 29 July 1946
• Langley Field, Va, 20 December 1946-28 July 1950
• Itazuke, Japan, 18 August 1950
• Taegu, Korea, 8 October 1950
• Komaki, Japan, 26 January-25 February 1951.

Operations

Air defense until November 1943. Combat in ETO, 24 February 1944-9 May 1945. Combat in Korea, 25 August 1950-25 February 1951.

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