Squadron |
Shield |
Location |
Nickname |
Aircraft Flown |
Note
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Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) |
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RAF St Eval, RAF Bovingdon |
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8 September 1943 - 28 March 1944 (discontinued and split into two squadrons)
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Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Test) Number One |
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Patterson Field, Truax Field, Presque Isle Army Air Field |
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A-28, B-25 |
12 August 1942 - 6 December 1943 (Redesignated 30th WRS)
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1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) |
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Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field |
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B-17, B-25 |
21 August 1944 - 21 December 1945 (was 30 WRS, Inactivated)
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1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) |
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Fairfield-Suisun AFB |
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WB-29 |
1 June 1948 - 1 October 1948 (Redesignated the 2078th Air WRS)
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2d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) |
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Key Field, Gushkara, India |
|
B-25 |
1 February 1944 - 28 December 1945 (Inactivated)
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3d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) (later 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, Weather, Heavy) |
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Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field |
|
RB-17, TB-17 |
31 August 1944 - 15 June 1945 (Redesignated 53d Recon Sq, Long Range, Weather)
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3.4.4 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Provisional |
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Tinker AFB |
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5 July 1950 - 1 June 1951 (part of Joint Task Group 3.4)
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8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional) |
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RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton |
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28 March 1944 - 9 August 1944 (discontinued)
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8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) (Provisional) |
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RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton |
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28 March 1944 - 9 August 1944 (discontinued)
|
30th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Presque Isle Army Air Field |
|
B-17, B-25 |
1944 - Redesignated 1st WRS
|
53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Keesler AFB |
"Hurricane Hunters" |
WC-130 |
15 June 1945 - (was 3d WRS, earlier 53d Reconnaissance Sq, Wx and 53d Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx)
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54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
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Andersen AFB |
"Typhoon Chasers" |
WB-29, WB-50, WB-47, WC-130 |
4 September 1945 - 30 September 1987 (Inactivated Previously 654th Bomb Sq,H (Recon, Spl), 54th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx)
|
55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
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Harmon Field, Buckley Field, Langley Field, Morrison Field, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, McClellan AFB |
|
HC-130 |
16 June 1945 - 1 October 1993 (Previously 655th Bomb Sq, Recon 55th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx. Redesignated 55th Space Weather Sq (inactive))
|
56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Grenier Field |
|
RB-57, WC-135 |
21 February 1951 - 15 January 1972 (Previously 358th Ftr Sq, 56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx Inactivated, 1972; Reactivated as the 358th TFS later that year)
|
57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Hickam AFB |
|
WB-57 |
Previously 399th Ftr Sq Inactivated, 1969
|
58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Eielson AFB, Kirtland AFB |
"Pole Vaulters" |
B-29/RB-29/WB-29, WB-50 |
7 July 1945 - 30 June 1974 (Previously 400th Ftr Sq, 58th Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx, 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx)
|
59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
MacDill Field, Castle Field, Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field, Ladd Field, Kindley AFB, Goodfellow AFB |
"Hurricane Hunters" |
WB-50 |
1 August 1945 - 8 May 1964 (Previously 59th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight 8 May 1955 - 1 April 1956)
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154th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Oran, Algeria |
Ducimus "We Lead" |
P-38 |
12 May 1944 - 4 September 1945 (Previously 154th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Redesignated 63d Recce Sq, Wx, Allotted to the National Guard as 154th Ftr Sq)
|
815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |
|
Keesler AFB |
"Storm Trackers" |
WC-130 |
1 January 1976 - 31 December 1987 (was 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron, redesignated 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron)
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2078th Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special |
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Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Tinker AFB |
|
WB-29 |
1 October 1948 - 20 March 1950 (Previously 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special, Discontinued)
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2079th Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) |
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Yokota AB, Japan |
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1 July 1949 - 1 December 1949 (discontinued)
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