The

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

's 7th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at

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, Maryland. The squadron, as the 7th Radio Squadron, Mobile, provided intelligence for American forces in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. As the 302d Radio Squadron, Mobile, it was active in the

organized Reserve The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. History Origi ...

from 1948 to 1949.

History

World War II

The squadron was first established in the

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at Davis-Monthan Field in July 1942 as the 957th Signal Radio Intelligence Company. In January the unit moved to California and trained there. In February 1944, it was converted to an Air Corps unit as the 7th Radio Squadron, Mobile, specializing in intercepting radio transmissions in Japanese. In November 1944, the squadron shipped to New Guinea, arriving the following month. Until

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, it conducted operations from New Guinea and the Philippines, remaining in theater through December 1945, when it returned to the United States and was inactivated.

Organized Reserve

The squadron was redesignated the 302d Radio Squadron, Mobile and allotted to the

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. It was activated at

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, Texas in 1948. However, President Truman's reduced 1949 defense budget required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force,Knaack, p. 25 and the 302d was inactivated in June 1949.

Reactivation

The squadron was reconstituted as the 7th Intelligence Squadron and reactivated in 2009 at

, Maryland.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 957th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation on 23 July 1942 * Activated on 15 October 1942 * Redesignated 7 Radio Squadron, Mobile (J)The J designation indicates the unit was qualified on Japanese language intercepts. on 19 February 1944 * Inactivated on 25 December 1945 * Redesignated 7th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 14 November 1946 * Redesignated 302d Radio Squadron, Mobile and allotted to the Organized Reserve on 29 March 1948 * Activated on 12 April 1948 * Inactivated on 22 June 1949 * Redesignated 7 Radio Squadron, Mobile, on 2 November 1949 * Disbanded on 15 June 1983 * Reconstituted and redesignated 7 Intelligence Squadron on 20 March 2009 * Activated on 15 April 2009

Assignments

Second Air Force The Second Air Force (2 AF; ''2d Air Force'' in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended ...

, 15 October 1942 *

Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reserv ...

, 21 January 1943 *

Thirteenth Air Force The Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force (13 EAF) is a provisional numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). It is headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on the island of Oahu, ...

, 1 December 1944 – 25 December 1945 * Fourth Army, 29 March 1948 – 22 June 1949 *

70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing The 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (70th ISR Wing) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 16th Air Force. It is stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Known as "America's Cryptologic Wing", is the only ...

, 15 April 2009 – present

Stations

* Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 15 October 1942 * Reno Army Air Base, Nevada, 17 November 1942 *

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, California, 21 January 1943 *

Camp Stoneman Camp Stoneman was a United States Army facility located in Pittsburg, California. It served as a major troop staging area for and under the command of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation (SFPOE). The camp operated during World War II and the K ...

, California, 5 October–11 November 1944 * Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 1 December 1944 * Morotai,

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, Philippines, 16 January 1945 *

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, Philippines, 12 May–4 December 1945 * Camp Stoneman, California, 22–25 December 1945 * San Antonio, Texas, 29 March 1948 – 22 June 1949 * Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, 15 April 2009 – present

Decorations

* Service Streamers: None. * Campaign Streamers: World War II: Leyte; New Guinea; Southern Philippines. * Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers: None. * Decorations: Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII).

References

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Bibliography

External links

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