List of United States Air Force Reconnaissance Squadrons
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This is a list of United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as bomb and fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are primarily assigned to Air Combat Command
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| 1st Reconnaissance Squadron 1st Reconnaissance Squadron The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force reconnaissance training unit based at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, California. It is the oldest squadron in the Air Force, and the first organization to be established as a U.S. military flying unit... |
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Beale AFB Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California. Originally known as Camp Beale.... |
U-2 Lockheed U-2 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency . It provides day and night, very high-altitude , all-weather intelligence gathering... |
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Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan | MC-12 | ||
| 5th Reconnaissance Squadron 5th Reconnaissance Squadron The 5th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California but is geographically separated.-Mission:The 5th Reconnaissance Squadron conducts operations from Osan Air Base, South Korea... |
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Osan AB Osan Air Base Osan Air Base , is a United States Air Force facility located in the Songtan section of Pyeongtaek City, South Korea, south of Seoul. Despite its name, Osan AB is not within Osan City, which is to the north. The base is the home of the Pacific Air Forces' 51st Fighter Wing, and a number of tenant... |
U-2 Lockheed U-2 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency . It provides day and night, very high-altitude , all-weather intelligence gathering... |
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Holloman AFB | RQ-1 RQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle used primarily by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency... |
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| 11th Reconnaissance Squadron 11th Reconnaissance Squadron The US Air Force 11th Reconnaissance Squadron flies MQ-1 Predator UAV's and is currently stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The 11th oversees the training of pilots and sensor operators assigned to the MQ-1.... |
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Creech AFB Creech Air Force Base Creech Air Force Base , formerly known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, is a United States Air Force base located one mile north of the central business district of Indian Springs, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is about northwest of Las Vegas and northwest of Nellis Air... |
RQ-1 RQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle used primarily by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency... , MQ-1 |
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| 12th Reconnaissance Squadron 12th Reconnaissance Squadron The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force reconnaissance unit based at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, California. It is a component of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and operates the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle... |
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Beale AFB Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California. Originally known as Camp Beale.... |
RQ-4 RQ-4 Global Hawk The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle used by the United States Air Force and Navy as a surveillance aircraft.... |
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| 13th Reconnaissance Squadron 13th Reconnaissance Squadron The 13th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 940th Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California. It operates RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft conducting reconnaissance and surveillance missions.-Mission:... |
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Beale AFB Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California. Originally known as Camp Beale.... |
RQ-4 RQ-4 Global Hawk The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle used by the United States Air Force and Navy as a surveillance aircraft.... |
Reserve Unit Air Force Reserve Command The Air Force Reserve Command is a major command of the U.S. Air Force with its headquarters at Robins AFB, Georgia.It stood up as a major command of the Air Force on 17 February 1997.... |
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| 15th Reconnaissance Squadron 15th Reconnaissance Squadron 15th Reconnaissance Squadron flies MQ-1 Predator UAV's and is currently stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The 15th Reconnaissance Squadron is one of the first armed Remotely Piloted Aircraft squadrons. The squadron provides combatant commanders with persistent ISR,... |
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Creech AFB Creech Air Force Base Creech Air Force Base , formerly known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, is a United States Air Force base located one mile north of the central business district of Indian Springs, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is about northwest of Las Vegas and northwest of Nellis Air... |
"Cotton Pickers" | RQ-1 RQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle used primarily by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency... , MQ-1 |
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| 17th Reconnaissance Squadron 17th Reconnaissance Squadron The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 57th Operations Group, and stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.-Overview:... |
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Creech AFB Creech Air Force Base Creech Air Force Base , formerly known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, is a United States Air Force base located one mile north of the central business district of Indian Springs, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is about northwest of Las Vegas and northwest of Nellis Air... |
RQ-1 RQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle used primarily by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency... , MQ-1 |
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| 18th Reconnaissance Squadron 18th Reconnaissance Squadron The 18th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 432d Operations Group, and stationed at Creech Air Force Base Nevada.-Mission:... |
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Creech AFB Creech Air Force Base Creech Air Force Base , formerly known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, is a United States Air Force base located one mile north of the central business district of Indian Springs, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is about northwest of Las Vegas and northwest of Nellis Air... |
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| 30th Reconnaissance Squadron 30th Reconnaissance Squadron The 30th Reconnaissance Squadron is reconnaissance test squadron assigned to the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada... |
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Creech AFB Creech Air Force Base Creech Air Force Base , formerly known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, is a United States Air Force base located one mile north of the central business district of Indian Springs, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is about northwest of Las Vegas and northwest of Nellis Air... |
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| 38th Reconnaissance Squadron 38th Reconnaissance Squadron The 38th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operates the RC-135 aircraft conducting reconnaissance missions.-Mission:... |
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Offutt AFB | "Fighting Hellcats" | RC-135 | |
| 45th Reconnaissance Squadron 45th Reconnaissance Squadron The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.-Overview:... |
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Offutt AFB | "Sylvester" | ||
| 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron | |
Joint Base Balad, Iraq | MQ-1 | ||
| 78th Reconnaissance Squadron 78th Reconnaissance Squadron The 78th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the Tenth Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. The 78 RS conducts operations from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in conjunction with their active-duty associates in the Air Force Warfare Center.-Mission:The mission of the... |
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Nellis AFB Nellis Air Force Base Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Combat Command .-Overview:... |
"Bushmasters" | Reserve Unit Air Force Reserve Command The Air Force Reserve Command is a major command of the U.S. Air Force with its headquarters at Robins AFB, Georgia.It stood up as a major command of the Air Force on 17 February 1997.... |
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| 82d Reconnaissance Squadron 82d Reconnaissance Squadron The 82d Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It is geographically separated from the 55th, operating out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The squadron operates RC-135 aircraft flying reconnaissance missions.-History:The 82d flew antisubmarine patrols off... |
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Kadena AB | "Hog Heaven" | RC-135 | |
| 95th Reconnaissance Squadron 95th Reconnaissance Squadron The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force reconnaissance unit based at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska... |
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RAF Mildenhall RAF Mildenhall RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing... |
"Kickin' Ass" | RC-135 OC-135 OC-135B Open Skies |-See also:-References:This article includes public domain text from the following United States Government source:* published by the Air Combat Command... E-4 Boeing E-4 The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post, with a project name of "Nightwatch", is an aircraft operated by the United States Air Force... |
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| 99th Reconnaissance Squadron 99th Reconnaissance Squadron The 99th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California. It operates U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft flying reconnaissance missions around the world.-Mission:... |
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Beale AFB Beale Air Force Base Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California. Originally known as Camp Beale.... |
U-2 Lockheed U-2 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency . It provides day and night, very high-altitude , all-weather intelligence gathering... |
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Ellington Field Ellington Field Ellington International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in the U.S. state of Texas within the city of Houston— southeast of Downtown. Established by the Army Air Service on 21 May 1917, Ellington Field was one of the initial World War I Army Air Service installations when... |
"Ace in the Hole" | MQ-1 | Texas ANG Texas Air National Guard The Texas Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Texas and a component of the Texas Military Forces... |
| 343d Reconnaissance Squadron 343d Reconnaissance Squadron The 343d Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.-History:The 343d flew combat missions in the European Theater of Operations from, 15 October 1943-21 April 1945. It conducted aerial photography from 1947–1949 and global strategic reconnaissance from... |
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| 362d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron The 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, stationed at Pleiku Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. It was inactivated on 27 June 1972-History:... |
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Joint Base Balad, Iraq | MC-12W |