301st Intelligence Squadron
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's 301st Intelligence Squadron (301 IS) is an intelligence unit located at Misawa AB, Japan
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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...
's 301st Intelligence Squadron (301 IS) is an intelligence unit located at Misawa AB, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Previous designations
- 301st Intelligence Squadron (1 Oct 1993–Present)
- 6920th Electronic Security Group (1 Aug 1979-1 Oct 1993)
- 6920th Security Squadron (1 Oct 1978-1 Aug 1979)
- 1st Radio Squadron, Mobile (14 Nov 1946-8 May 1955)
- 1st Radio Squadron, Mobile (J) 29 Feb 1944-14 Nov 1946
- 138th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation (29 Oct 1943-29 Feb 1944)
- 138th Signal Radio Intelligence Company (7 Feb 1942-29 Oct 1943)
Major Command/Field Operating Agency
- Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (8 Jun 2007–Present)
- Air Intelligence Agency (1 Oct 1993-8 Jun 2007)
- Air Force Intelligence Command (1 Oct 1991-1 Oct 1993)
- Electronic Security Command (1 Aug 1979-1 Oct 1991)
- Air Force Security Service (1 Oct 1978-1 Aug 1979)
Bases stationed
- Misawa AB, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(26 Jan 1953-8 May 1955; 1 Oct 1978–Present) - Johnson AB, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(1 Feb 1946-26 Jan 1953) - Yokota AB, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(20 Dec 1945-1 Feb 1946) - Clark Field, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
(31 May 1945-20 Dec 1945) - Port Moresby, New Guinea (21 Feb 1944-???)
- Brisbane, Australia (15 Jun 1943-5 Aug 1943)
- Fort George Wright, Washington (14 Feb 1942-5 May 1943)