6th Intelligence Squadron
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The United States Air Force
's 6th Intelligence Squadron (6 IS) is an intelligence unit located at Osan AB, Korea
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during armistice and war.
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...
's 6th Intelligence Squadron (6 IS) is an intelligence unit located at Osan AB, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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Mission
The mission of the 6 IS is to execute 24/7 imagery and analytical operations, as part of the Distributed Ground System-Three (DGS-3), to support Seventh Air ForceSeventh Air Force
The Seventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea....
during armistice and war.
Previous designations
- 6th Intelligence Squadron (9 Dec 2008 – present)
- 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile (14 Nov 1946 – 15 Jun 1983)
- 6 Radio Squadron, Mobile (J) (31 Mar 1944 – 7 Dec 1945)
- 140 Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation (7 Feb 1942 – 31 Mar 1944)
Major Command/Field Operating Agency
- Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (9 Dec 2008 – present)
Wings/Groups
- 694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance GroupThe United States Air Force's 694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is an intelligence unit located at Osan AB, Korea.-Previous designations:*694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group...
(1 Jan 2009 – present)
Bases stationed
- Osan AB, Korea (1 Jan 2009 – present)
- Camp Kilmer, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
(6 Dec 1945 – 7 Dec 1945) - Calcutta, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
(5 Nov 1945 – 8 Nov 1945) - Barrackpore, India (26 Nov 1944 – 5 Nov 1945)
- Kancharapard, India (1 Nov 1944 – 26 Nov 1944)
- Bombay, India (28 Oct 1944 – 1 Nov 1944)
- Camp AnzaCamp AnzaCamp Anza was a United States Army installation near Riverside, California during World War II. Construction began on July 3, 1942, and was completed on February 15, 1943....
, California (16 Sep 1944 – 26 Sep 1944) - Camp Pinedale, California (11 Jul 1944 – 16 Sep 1944)
- Dale City, California (10 Feb 1943 – 11 Jul 1944)
- Hammer Fld, California (13 Aug 1942 – 10 Feb 1943)
- Bakersfield, California (28 Apr 1942 – 13 Aug 1942)
- Hamilton Fld, California (14 Feb 1942 – 28 Apr 1942)