Lineage 20th Intelligence Squadron

1 lineage

1.1 assignments
1.2 stations
1.3 aircraft

lineage

constituted 20th photographic mapping squadron on 14 july 1942


activated on 23 july 1942
redesignated 20th photographic squadron (heavy) on 6 february 1943
redesignated 20th combat mapping squadron on 11 august 1943;
redesignated 20th reconnaissance squadron, long range (photographic-rcm) on 10 may 1945
inactivated on 20 june 1946


redesignated 20th reconnaissance squadron (night photographic) on 11 march 1947 , allotted reserves


activated on 25 july 1947.
redesignated 20th strategic reconnaissance squadron (photographic mapping) on 27 june 1949
ordered active service on 1 may 1951
inactivated on 16 may 1951


redesignated 20th tactical reconnaissance squadron (photographic) on 14 january 1954


activated on 18 march 1954
inactivated 1 november 1967


redesignated 20th air intelligence squadron , activated 1 october 1992


redesignated 20th intelligence squadron on 1 october 1993

assignments

4th photographic group (later photographic reconnaissance , mapping group, photographic group), 23 july 1942 (attached 6th photographic reconnaissance , mapping group (later photographic reconnaissance group, photographic group), 17 june 1943)
6th photographic group (later reconnaissance group), 5 december 1943
91st reconnaissance wing, 10 november 1945
v bomber command, 1 december 1945
314th composite wing, 31 may 1946 – 20 june 1946
66th reconnaissance group, 25 july 1947
tenth air force, 27 june 1949
311th air division, 21 july 1949
second air force, 1 november 1949 – 16 may 1951
432d tactical reconnaissance group, 18 march 1954
432d tactical reconnaissance wing, 8 february 1958 (attached 363d tactical reconnaissance wing, 8 april 1959 – 17 may 1959)
363d tactical reconnaissance wing, 18 may 1959
2d air division, 13 november 1965
460th tactical reconnaissance wing, 18 february 1966
432d tactical reconnaissance wing, 18 september 1966 – 1 november 1967
national air intelligence center, 1 october 1992
480th intelligence group, 1 october 1995
air combat command targeting , intelligence group, 1 june 2008

stations

aircraft

b-25 mitchell, 1942
b-17 flying fortress, 1942–1943
b-24/f-7 liberator, 1943–1946.
rf-80 shooting star, 1954–1955
rf-84 thunderstreak, 1955–1958
rf-101 voodoo, 1957–1965




^ lineage, assignements, aircraft, , stations prior 1963 in maurer, combat squadrons, pp. 107–108
^ ravenstein, pp. 253–254
^ ravenstein, pp. 225–227
^ air force organization change status report, research division, air force historical research agency, maxwell afb, al, june 2008