4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with 5600th Composite Wing, based at Howard Field, Canal Zone
. It was inactivated on 14 March 1949.
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...
unit. Its last assignment was with 5600th Composite Wing, based at Howard Field, Canal Zone
Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
. It was inactivated on 14 March 1949.
History
The 4th TRS provided support of new turbine engine aircraft. In it's first year of jet operation 7 of 15 FP-80s were lost.Lineage
- Constituted as 4th Observation Squadron on 22 November 1940
- Activated on 1 April 1941
- Redesignated: 4th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 26 February 1942
- Redesignated: 4th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
- Redesignated: 4th Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) on 25 June 1943
- Redesignated: 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 May 1944
- Redesignated: 4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic) on 17 June 1948
- Inactivated on 14 March 1949
Assignments
- 13th Composite Wing, April 1941
- Puerto Rican Department, 14 July 1941
- 72d Observation Group72d Air Base WingThe 72d Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center . It is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma...
, 29 March 1942
- Attached to: Puerto Rican Department, 29 March 1942 – 23 March 1943
- Attached to: Antilles Air Task ForceAntilles Air CommandThe Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
, 23 March – 1 June 1943- Antilles Air CommandAntilles Air CommandThe Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
, 1 June 1943 - Caribbean Air Command, 25 August 1946
- Antilles Air Command
- Attached to Provisional Composite Reconnaissance Group, 1 February – 28 July 1948
- 6th Fighter Wing, 1 June 1948
- 5600th Group, 28 July 1948
- 5600th (later 5600th Composite) Wing, 20 August 1948 – 14 March 1949.
Stations
- Losey FieldLosey Army AirfieldLosey Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II air base on Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. It is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico....
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, 1 April 1941 - Borinquen Field, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, 27 October 1943 - Coolidge FieldVC Bird International AirportV. C. Bird International Airport is located on the island of Antigua, northeast of St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.- History :...
, AntiguaAntiguaAntigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...
, 21 May 1945 - Borinquen Field, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, 5 October 1945 - Rio Hato AABRio Hato AirportRío Hato Airport is an airport and former Panamanian Defense Base in Panama, Río Hato.-International Airport:In 2011 the Government of Panama gave the order to proceed for the project to rebuild the airport...
, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, 20 August 1946 - France FieldEnrique Adolfo Jiménez AirportEnrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is a commercial airport located in Colón, Panama, offering scheduled airline flights to the national capital, Panama City, and to other destinations....
, Canal ZonePanama Canal ZoneThe Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
, 11 December 1947 - Howard Field, Canal ZonePanama Canal ZoneThe Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
, 20 August 1948 – 14 March 1949.