The 7th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

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...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in southwestern Idaho, United States. The base is in Elmore County, 12 miles southwest of the city of Mountain Home, which is 40 miles southeast of Boise, via Interstate 84.The host unit at Mountain Home since 1972...

, Idaho. It was inactivated on 15 October 1971.

History

The unit trained pilots and technicians for photographic reconnaissance during World War II. Reactivated in 1967, the 7th TRS was an RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance pilot training organization. It trained many RF-4C pilots prior to their deployment to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Inactivated in 1971 when parent 67th TRW moved from Mountain Home to Bergstrom AFB.

Lineage

• Constituted 7th Photographic Squadron on 19 January 1942

Activated on 28 January 1942

Re-designated: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 9 June 1942

Re-designated: 7th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 February 1943

Re-designated: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 May 1944.

• Re-constituted as 7th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 December 1967

Activated on 15 December 1967

Inactivated on 15 October 1971

Assignments

• Third Air Force
  Third Air Force
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  , 28 January 1942
• Second Air Force
  Second Air Force
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  , 29 Mar 1942;
• 2d Photographic (later Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping; Photographic Reconnaissance) Group
  2d Reconnaissance Group
  The 2d Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Third Air Force, being stationed at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944....
  
  , 7 May 1942-1 May 1944
• 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 15 December 1967-15 October 1971

Stations

• MacDill Field, Florida, 28 Jan 1942
• Savannah Army Airbase, Georgia, 27 Feb 1942
• Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, 15 May 1942
• Will Rogers Field, Oklaholma, 10 Oct 1943-1 May 1944
• Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 15 December 1967
• Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 15 July-15 October 1971

Aircraft

• P-38/F-4 Lightning 1942-1944
• B-25/F-10 Mitchell 1942-1944
• RF-4C Phantom II, 1967-1971