91st Network Warfare Squadron
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The 91st Network Warfare Squadron is an active United States Air Force
unit, currently assigned to the 67th Network Warfare Wing
at Kelly Annex, part of Lackland Air Force Base
, Texas.
. Was sent to France
during World War I
as one of the initial American Expeditionary Force
Aero Squadrons, and served on the Western Front
in France as an observation squadron with the with French Eighth Army and United States First Army, 3 June – 10 November 1918. The primary mission of the 91st Squadron was to gather information and immediately return to base to report it. After the November 1918 Armistice with Germany, the 91st Aero Squadron remained in Europe, being part of the occupation forces in Germany
with the United States Third Army until April 1919.
, being assigned to Rockwell Field
, near San Diego in September 1919. Was assigned duties consisting of patrolling the southwestern U.S./Mexican border between California and Arizona
, performed forest fire patrols and flew training flights over forested areas along the coast of California being assigned to Crissy Field
, near San Francisco.
Moved to Gray Field, near Fort Lewis
, Washington in 1936 as a result of the closure of flying at Crissy Field due to construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
. Again, flew forest fire patrols over the forests of the Pacific Northwest
until the late 1930s.
Was reassigned to Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield
in upstate New York in September 1941 and became an observation squadron for the 4th Armored Division. Engaged in overvaluation duties during various maneuvers in New York
, Tennessee
during buildup of American forces prior to their engagement in World War II
.
’s preoccupation with South and Central America. In order to prepare for possible hostilities in our own backyard, the military planners needed accurate charts and maps of all of these regions. Millions of square miles were virtually unexplored and uncharted. The 91st was given the tremendous task of getting this job done through aerial photography.
Elements of the 91st Photographic Mapping Squadron was deployed to the Antilles Air Command
in April 1943 until June 1945. Flight "B" of the 91st flew throughout South
and Central America
and the Caribbean
. Staging from Ramey Field
, Puerto Rico
, aircraft and crews were deployed throughout the area.
To name just a few, aircraft of Flight "B" saw Intensive flight activities over and around such places as Talara, Peru (between 1943 and 1944), Atkinson Field, British Guiana (1944-1945), Recife, Brazil (1944-1945), Howard Field and Albrook Field, Canal Zone (1944-1945) and Natal, Brazil (1945). These operations, mainly aerial mapping, also included no small amount of intelligence work, and provided the United States with a storehouse of cartographic data on these regions that is still in use today.
The 91st was formally attached to 311th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Wing, and Flight "B" was available to the Sixth Air Force Commander for such duties as he might direct from time to time. The unit flew a variety of North American F-10 "Mitchells"
(the photo recon variant of the B-25D) as well as several Boeing F-9s (photo version of the B-17).
It is no understatement to say that Flight "B" was seemingly "everywhere" in the Carribean region during the war, after the war ended, the squadron was based at MacDill Field, Florida, and later to the 24th Composite Wing at Howard Field, Panama, carrying out photo-mapping and charting missions in Central and South America. Was assigned to the new Strategic Air Command
in 1949 and moved to McGuire AFB, New Jersey and engaged in long-distance photo mapping as part of SAC's global strategic reconnaissance mission.
With the invasion of South Korea
by communist forces from the north in June 1950, the United Nations
responded by sending military forces, primarily from the United States, to the aid of the South Koreans. A major deficiency in McArthur
's forces was a lack of accurate battlefield maps of the peninsula. As one of the best equipped photo reconnaissance units in the USAF, General MacArthur quickly called on the 91st to join the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) fighting on the Korean peninsula. The 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was moved from McGuire AFB, NJ to Johnson AB and Yokota AB, Japan to begin supporting United Nations (UN) troops in Korea, being assigned directly to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force
; attached to the FEAF Fifth Air Force
.
The 91st eventually flew the largest number of different airframes in the Korean War and had more assigned personnel than any other flying unit in the Korean War. With over 800 assigned personnel, they had six different types of aircraft assigned, to include: the RB-29 and RB-50 Superfortresses, RB-45 Tornado, WB-26 Invader, KB-29 tankers and RB-36 Peacemmaker. Throughout the conflict though, the RB-29 and RB-50s were the workhorses of the unit.
The RB-29 flew throughout the Korean peninsula in the early part of the war but was soon in trouble with the addition of Soviet MiG-15 aircraft into the air war by the communist forces. The propeller-driven aircraft of the 91st were attacked and suffered extreme damage and battle losses. In response, jet-enhanced RB-50J and jet-powered RB-45C reconnaissance aircraft were used which were deployed from RAF Sculthorpe
, England. Other aircraft working from England were another detachments of RB-45s temporarily stationed at RAF Manston
, Kent; an RB-29 unit at RAF Lakenheath
and an RB-36 detachment stationed at RAF Brize Norton
.
While RB-45 reconnaissance aircraft managed to outrun and outmaneuver MiG’s on numerous occasions, they too eventually became targets. Many of these early missions were escorted by F-80 Shooting Star and F-84 Thunderjet
jet fighter escort aircraft, however, an eventual shift was made to night operations using flash-bombs to illuminate photographic targets. The unit was also called upon to conducted psychological leaflet drops with its assigned RB-29 aircraft. Not only did the 91st drop Korean “Psyops” leaflets throughout the Korean peninsula and into Manchuria
and China
but Russian language leaflets were also dropped as it was suspected that advisers from the Soviet Union
were assisting the communist forces.
In addition to bomb damage assessment, targeting and aerial photography for the Bomber Command and FEAF, the 91st conducted Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and “ferret” missions in theater mapping RADAR emissions of air defense sites. It conducted the first ferret missions ever conducted by the USAF. Overflights of Soviet-controlled Far East islands began in 1951. An example of this type of work was reconnaissance missions which were conducted over Karafuto following reports that the Soviets had built extensive underground installations and missile-launching facilities on the island. In Project 51, 91st SRW RB-45s took off from Yokota AB, Japan to conduct reconnaissance over the southern portions of Sakhalin Island. Photographic and radar reconnaissance overflight missions were also flown over the Murmansk
-Kola Peninsula
and Siberia
. In late 1952, six RB-36’s were sent to Yakota AB, Japan to fly with the 91st and fly high altitude reconnaissance over Manchurian targets.
With the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, the 91st was withdrawn from the Pacific and returned to the United States, being reassigned to Great Falls AFB, Montana on 20 December 1954. It was decided, however, to leave elements of the unit assigned to Fifth Air Force in Japan to provide FEAF with a strategic reconnaissance and intelligence gathering capability. Elements of the 91st were reassigned to the 6091st Reconnaissnce Squadron, being assigned to the newly-formed FEAF 6007th Reconnaissance Group
that was organized to consolidate many Korean War combat units in Japan after the armistice. The 6007th was a composite group with RB-29, RB-50B, RB-50G, C-47 and C-119 aircraft assigned.
Returning to the United States in late 1954, the 91st was tasked with experimenting with parasite fighters to provide long-range escort for B-36 Peacemaker strategic bombers on intercontinental missions. A lesson learned from the Korean War was that our aircraft were often times not able to outrun enemy fighters sent up to shoot or force them down. The U.S. needed a faster platform which also had the range of the larger, slower reconnaissance aircraft being used for reconnaissance work.
The 91st conducted an operational procedure called the Fighter-Conveyence (FICON) system
. FICON used two aircraft: a B-36 to function as the “mother” ship and provided the needed range and a modified F-84 Thunderstreak jet aircraft to function as the high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. The specially-designed RF-84K’s would be ferried close to the projected target location, be launched in flight, make a high speed pass over the target, and then be retrieved and ferried back to its home base of operations. The jet reconnaissance pilots would enter and exit their RF-84 through the B-36’s bomb bay to fly away to conduct their reconnaissance missions.
Beginning in 1955, as the 91st SRS tested two F-84 FICON prototypes, the USAF ordered 25 RF-84Ks and began modifying 10 B-36s into GRB-36 FICON carriers. The RF-84K design was a modification of the RF-84F, the USAF's most numerous and advanced tactical reconnaissance aircraft at the time. The only major differences were the RF-84K's retractable hook in the upper part of the nose, rods on either side behind the cockpit, and downward angled horizontal stabilizers (to fit inside the GRB-36's bomb bay).
The RF-84K entered service with the 91st SRS in 1955. For the next year, pilots of the 91st SRS successfully flew their RF-84Ks, but they experienced many near disasters while separating or hooking back up to the GRB-36 carrier aircraft.
However, technology soon made this mission opsolete, as the development of the Lockheed U-2
made the need for more vulnerable propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft to conduct strategic reconnaissance obsolete. No longer needed for a long-range, strategic reconnaissance mission, the 91st was inactivated on 1 July 1957.
reconnaissance units until 1992; performed reconnaissance missions supporting the US Customs Service beginning in 1983. Was inactivated as part of the closure of Bergstrom AFB and retirement of the RF-4C on 30 August 1991
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, currently assigned to the 67th Network Warfare Wing
67th Network Warfare Wing
The 67th Network Warfare Wing , Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was reactivated October 1, 1993 as the 67th Intelligence Wing. The wing was re-designated the 67th Information Operations Wing on February 1, 2001...
at Kelly Annex, part of Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west-southwest of San Antonio, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command ....
, Texas.
Overview
The 91st NWS is the home to some uniquely-trained Airmen that delivered a myriad of cyber capabilities to Combatant Commanders. The squadron provide the Air Force with enhanced capabilities and expert crews on the leading edge of network warfare operations.History
Established in the summer of 1917 at Kelly Field, near San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
. Was sent to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
as one of the initial American Expeditionary Force
American Expeditionary Force
The American Expeditionary Forces or AEF were the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I. During the United States campaigns in World War I the AEF fought in France alongside British and French allied forces in the last year of the war, against Imperial German forces...
Aero Squadrons, and served on the Western Front
Western Front
Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the east and the Allies to the west...
in France as an observation squadron with the with French Eighth Army and United States First Army, 3 June – 10 November 1918. The primary mission of the 91st Squadron was to gather information and immediately return to base to report it. After the November 1918 Armistice with Germany, the 91st Aero Squadron remained in Europe, being part of the occupation forces in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
with the United States Third Army until April 1919.
Between the Wars
Was reorganized after returning to the United States and sent to CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, being assigned to Rockwell Field
Rockwell Field
Rockwell Field was an Army air base located in Coronado, California, near San Diego. It shared the area known as North Island with Naval Air Station North Island from 1912 to 1935. Its functions were eventually moved to March Field so that the naval air station could take over the whole area...
, near San Diego in September 1919. Was assigned duties consisting of patrolling the southwestern U.S./Mexican border between California and Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, performed forest fire patrols and flew training flights over forested areas along the coast of California being assigned to Crissy Field
Crissy Field
Crissy Field is a former airfield, now a part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in San Francisco, California, United States. Historically a part of the Presidio of San Francisco, Crissy Field was closed as an airfield and eventually the National Park Service took control over it...
, near San Francisco.
Moved to Gray Field, near Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
, Washington in 1936 as a result of the closure of flying at Crissy Field due to construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to...
. Again, flew forest fire patrols over the forests of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
until the late 1930s.
Was reassigned to Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield is a military use airport located at Fort Drum, in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It is owned by U.S. Army.Although most U.S...
in upstate New York in September 1941 and became an observation squadron for the 4th Armored Division. Engaged in overvaluation duties during various maneuvers in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
during buildup of American forces prior to their engagement in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
World War II
U.S. civilian and military leaders were concerned with Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
’s preoccupation with South and Central America. In order to prepare for possible hostilities in our own backyard, the military planners needed accurate charts and maps of all of these regions. Millions of square miles were virtually unexplored and uncharted. The 91st was given the tremendous task of getting this job done through aerial photography.
Elements of the 91st Photographic Mapping Squadron was deployed to the Antilles Air Command
Antilles Air Command
The Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
in April 1943 until June 1945. Flight "B" of the 91st flew throughout South
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. Staging from Ramey Field
Ramey Air Force Base
Ramey Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. In addition to a small on-site Air Force detachment, and occasional operations by the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, a portion of the former Air Force Base is operated by the United States Coast Guard as Coast...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, aircraft and crews were deployed throughout the area.
To name just a few, aircraft of Flight "B" saw Intensive flight activities over and around such places as Talara, Peru (between 1943 and 1944), Atkinson Field, British Guiana (1944-1945), Recife, Brazil (1944-1945), Howard Field and Albrook Field, Canal Zone (1944-1945) and Natal, Brazil (1945). These operations, mainly aerial mapping, also included no small amount of intelligence work, and provided the United States with a storehouse of cartographic data on these regions that is still in use today.
The 91st was formally attached to 311th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Wing, and Flight "B" was available to the Sixth Air Force Commander for such duties as he might direct from time to time. The unit flew a variety of North American F-10 "Mitchells"
B-25 Mitchell
The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engined medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation. It was used by many Allied air forces, in every theater of World War II, as well as many other air forces after the war ended, and saw service across four decades.The B-25 was named...
(the photo recon variant of the B-25D) as well as several Boeing F-9s (photo version of the B-17).
It is no understatement to say that Flight "B" was seemingly "everywhere" in the Carribean region during the war, after the war ended, the squadron was based at MacDill Field, Florida, and later to the 24th Composite Wing at Howard Field, Panama, carrying out photo-mapping and charting missions in Central and South America. Was assigned to the new Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command
The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
in 1949 and moved to McGuire AFB, New Jersey and engaged in long-distance photo mapping as part of SAC's global strategic reconnaissance mission.
Korean War
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
by communist forces from the north in June 1950, the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
responded by sending military forces, primarily from the United States, to the aid of the South Koreans. A major deficiency in McArthur
McArthur
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's forces was a lack of accurate battlefield maps of the peninsula. As one of the best equipped photo reconnaissance units in the USAF, General MacArthur quickly called on the 91st to join the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) fighting on the Korean peninsula. The 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was moved from McGuire AFB, NJ to Johnson AB and Yokota AB, Japan to begin supporting United Nations (UN) troops in Korea, being assigned directly to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
; attached to the FEAF Fifth Air Force
Fifth Air Force
The Fifth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Yokota Air Base, Japan....
.
The 91st eventually flew the largest number of different airframes in the Korean War and had more assigned personnel than any other flying unit in the Korean War. With over 800 assigned personnel, they had six different types of aircraft assigned, to include: the RB-29 and RB-50 Superfortresses, RB-45 Tornado, WB-26 Invader, KB-29 tankers and RB-36 Peacemmaker. Throughout the conflict though, the RB-29 and RB-50s were the workhorses of the unit.
The RB-29 flew throughout the Korean peninsula in the early part of the war but was soon in trouble with the addition of Soviet MiG-15 aircraft into the air war by the communist forces. The propeller-driven aircraft of the 91st were attacked and suffered extreme damage and battle losses. In response, jet-enhanced RB-50J and jet-powered RB-45C reconnaissance aircraft were used which were deployed from RAF Sculthorpe
RAF Sculthorpe
RAF Sculthorpe is a military training facility for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, situated about west of Fakenham in Norfolk, England...
, England. Other aircraft working from England were another detachments of RB-45s temporarily stationed at RAF Manston
RAF Manston
RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site is now split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre , following on from a long...
, Kent; an RB-29 unit at RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force military airbase near Lakenheath in Suffolk, England. Although an RAF station, it hosts United States Air Force units and personnel...
and an RB-36 detachment stationed at RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....
.
While RB-45 reconnaissance aircraft managed to outrun and outmaneuver MiG’s on numerous occasions, they too eventually became targets. Many of these early missions were escorted by F-80 Shooting Star and F-84 Thunderjet
F-84 Thunderjet
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946...
jet fighter escort aircraft, however, an eventual shift was made to night operations using flash-bombs to illuminate photographic targets. The unit was also called upon to conducted psychological leaflet drops with its assigned RB-29 aircraft. Not only did the 91st drop Korean “Psyops” leaflets throughout the Korean peninsula and into Manchuria
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...
and China
China
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but Russian language leaflets were also dropped as it was suspected that advisers from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
were assisting the communist forces.
In addition to bomb damage assessment, targeting and aerial photography for the Bomber Command and FEAF, the 91st conducted Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and “ferret” missions in theater mapping RADAR emissions of air defense sites. It conducted the first ferret missions ever conducted by the USAF. Overflights of Soviet-controlled Far East islands began in 1951. An example of this type of work was reconnaissance missions which were conducted over Karafuto following reports that the Soviets had built extensive underground installations and missile-launching facilities on the island. In Project 51, 91st SRW RB-45s took off from Yokota AB, Japan to conduct reconnaissance over the southern portions of Sakhalin Island. Photographic and radar reconnaissance overflight missions were also flown over the Murmansk
Murmansk
Murmansk is a city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a seaport and is located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland...
-Kola Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...
and Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. In late 1952, six RB-36’s were sent to Yakota AB, Japan to fly with the 91st and fly high altitude reconnaissance over Manchurian targets.
With the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, the 91st was withdrawn from the Pacific and returned to the United States, being reassigned to Great Falls AFB, Montana on 20 December 1954. It was decided, however, to leave elements of the unit assigned to Fifth Air Force in Japan to provide FEAF with a strategic reconnaissance and intelligence gathering capability. Elements of the 91st were reassigned to the 6091st Reconnaissnce Squadron, being assigned to the newly-formed FEAF 6007th Reconnaissance Group
6007th Reconnaissance Group
The 6007th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 6007th Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan...
that was organized to consolidate many Korean War combat units in Japan after the armistice. The 6007th was a composite group with RB-29, RB-50B, RB-50G, C-47 and C-119 aircraft assigned.
FICON project
The 91st conducted an operational procedure called the Fighter-Conveyence (FICON) system
FICON project
The FICON program was conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1950s to test the feasibility of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber carrying an Republic RF-84K Thunderflash parasite fighter in its bomb bay. Earlier wingtip coupling experiments including Tip Tow which were attempts at carrying...
. FICON used two aircraft: a B-36 to function as the “mother” ship and provided the needed range and a modified F-84 Thunderstreak jet aircraft to function as the high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. The specially-designed RF-84K’s would be ferried close to the projected target location, be launched in flight, make a high speed pass over the target, and then be retrieved and ferried back to its home base of operations. The jet reconnaissance pilots would enter and exit their RF-84 through the B-36’s bomb bay to fly away to conduct their reconnaissance missions.
Beginning in 1955, as the 91st SRS tested two F-84 FICON prototypes, the USAF ordered 25 RF-84Ks and began modifying 10 B-36s into GRB-36 FICON carriers. The RF-84K design was a modification of the RF-84F, the USAF's most numerous and advanced tactical reconnaissance aircraft at the time. The only major differences were the RF-84K's retractable hook in the upper part of the nose, rods on either side behind the cockpit, and downward angled horizontal stabilizers (to fit inside the GRB-36's bomb bay).
The RF-84K entered service with the 91st SRS in 1955. For the next year, pilots of the 91st SRS successfully flew their RF-84Ks, but they experienced many near disasters while separating or hooking back up to the GRB-36 carrier aircraft.
However, technology soon made this mission opsolete, as the development of the Lockheed U-2
Lockheed U-2
The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency . It provides day and night, very high-altitude , all-weather intelligence gathering...
made the need for more vulnerable propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft to conduct strategic reconnaissance obsolete. No longer needed for a long-range, strategic reconnaissance mission, the 91st was inactivated on 1 July 1957.
Tactical Air Command
Reactivated as an RF-4C Phantom II Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron performing replacement pilot training in February 1967 and flying tactical reconnaissance missions beginning in July 1971. It conducted reconnaissance training of USAF, US Marine Corps, and allied RF-4 reconnaissance aircrews between 1982–1989; acted as adviser to Air National GuardAir National Guard
The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...
reconnaissance units until 1992; performed reconnaissance missions supporting the US Customs Service beginning in 1983. Was inactivated as part of the closure of Bergstrom AFB and retirement of the RF-4C on 30 August 1991
Lineage
- Organized as: 91st Aero Squadron on 21 August 1917
- Redesignated: 91st Squadron on 14 March 1921
- Redesignated: 91st Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923
- Redesignated: 91st Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942
- Redesignated: 91st Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
- Redesignated: 91st Reconnaissance Squadron (Bomber) on 2 April 1943
- Redesignated: 91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on ii August 1943
- Redesignated: 91st Photographic Mapping Squadron on 9 October 1943
- Redesignated: 91st Photographic Charting Squadron on 17 October 1944
- Redesignated: 91st Reconnaissance Squadron (Long Range, Photographic) on 15 June 1945
- Redesignated: 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic) on 25 March 1949
- Redesignated: 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium, Photographic) on 6 July 1950
- Redesignated: 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 20 December 1954
- Inactivated on 1 July 1957
- Reactivated and Redesignated: 91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 July 1967
- Redesignated: 91st Intelligence Squadron on 1 October 1993
- Inactivated on 5 May 2005
- Reactivated and Redesignated: 91st Network Warfare Squadron on 26 July 2007
Assignments
- Unknown, 21 August 1917 – September 1918
- First Army Observation Group, September–November 1918
- Unknown, November 1918 – July 1919
- Southeastern Department, July 1919
- Western Department, September 1919
- Ninth Corps Area, 20 August 1920
- 12th Observation Group12th Observation GroupThe 12th Observation Group is an inactive United States Army unit. It was last assigned to the Eighth Corps Area, United States Army, stationed at Brooks Field, Texas. It was disbanded on 30 June 1937....
- Attached to Ninth Corps Area, 1 October 1930
- Ninth Corps Area, 23 March 1931
- Fourth Army, 3 October 1940
- IX Army Corps, 9 November 1940
- 73d Observation (later Reconnaissance) Group10th Tactical Reconnaissance GroupThe 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany...
, 1 September 1941 - 26th Reconnaissance Group26th Tactical Reconnaissance WingThe 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe, being stationed at Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1991.-History:...
, June 1943 - 76th Tactical Reconnaissance Group76th Reconnaissance GroupThe 76th Reconnaissance Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces organization. It served primarily in the American Theatre.The unit was constituted on 5 February 1942 and activated on 27 February. The group was a Third Air Force training unit for Reconnaissance and Observation...
, 11 August 1943 - 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Group26th Tactical Reconnaissance WingThe 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe, being stationed at Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1991.-History:...
, 23 August 1943 - 1st Photographic Group, 9 October 1943
- 311th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Wing, 5 October 1944
- Caribbean Air Command, 26 August 1946
- Flight attached to Joint Brazil-US Military Commission to 30 June 1947
- 24th Composite Wing24th WingThe 24th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twelfth Air Force, stationed at Howard Air Force Base, Panama...
, 12 January 1948 - 5920 Group (later 5920th Composite Wing), 26 July 1948
- Attached to Antilles Air DivisionAntilles Air CommandThe Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
- Antilles Air DivisionAntilles Air CommandThe Antilles Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Sixth Air Force, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico...
, 21 October 1948 - Strategic Air CommandStrategic Air CommandThe Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
, 22 January 1949
- Antilles Air Division
- Attached to 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing91st Bomb GroupThe 91st Bomb Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardment group, the 91st operated B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft and was known unofficially as "The Ragged Irregulars" or as "Wray's Ragged Irregulars", after the...
- 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group91st Bomb GroupThe 91st Bomb Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardment group, the 91st operated B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft and was known unofficially as "The Ragged Irregulars" or as "Wray's Ragged Irregulars", after the...
, 25 March 1949 - Fifteenth Air ForceFifteenth Air ForceThe Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
, 16 November 1950
- 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group
- Attached to Far East Air Forces
- Far East Air Forces, 1 September 1954
- 6007th Reconnaissance Group, 5 October 1954
- Strategic Air CommandStrategic Air CommandThe Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
, 20 December 1954
- Attached to 407th Strategic Fighter Wing407th Air Expeditionary GroupThe 407th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 321st Air Expeditionary Wing. It is stationed at Ali Air Base, Iraq...
to 15 July 1955- 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing71st Flying Training WingThe 71st Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Nineteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma where it also is the host unit....
, 24 January 1955 – 1 July 1957 - 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing75th Air Base WingThe 75th Air Base Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Ogden Utah.-Mission:Provide base operating support for the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 526th ICBM Systems Wing,...
, 1 July 1967 – 15 July 1971 - 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing67th Network Warfare WingThe 67th Network Warfare Wing , Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was reactivated October 1, 1993 as the 67th Intelligence Wing. The wing was re-designated the 67th Information Operations Wing on February 1, 2001...
, 15 July 1971 – 30 September 1993 - 694th Intelligence Group, 1 October 1993 – 5 May 2005
- 67th Network Warfare Wing67th Network Warfare WingThe 67th Network Warfare Wing , Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was reactivated October 1, 1993 as the 67th Intelligence Wing. The wing was re-designated the 67th Information Operations Wing on February 1, 2001...
, 26 July 2007 – 6 October 2008
- 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Stations
- Kelly Field, Texas, 21 August 1917
- Garden CityGarden City, New YorkGarden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...
, New York, 5–27 October 1917 - ChaumontChaumont, Haute-MarneChaumont is a commune of France, and the capital of the Haute-Marne department. , it has a of 24,039.The city stands on the Marne River and is situated on the railway linking Paris and Basel, which runs over a 52 m tall and 600 m long viaduct built in 1856.- History :Historically the...
, France, 15 November 1917 - AmantyAmantyAmanty is a commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region in north-eastern France....
, France, 14 December 1917 - Gondrevillesur-Moselle, France, 24 May 1918
- VavincourtVavincourtVavincourt is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....
, France, 21 September 1918
- Detachment operated from SouillySouillySouilly is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The Town Hall at Souilly, fronting on the Voie Sacree, served as headquarters for general Petain and, later, general Nivelle during the Battle of Verdun in 1916....
, 16 October–November 1918- Preutin, France, 21 November 1918
- TrierTrierTrier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
, Germany, 4 December 1918 - Coblenz, Germany, 3 January 1919
- Colombey-les-BellesColombey-les-BellesColombey-les-Belles is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-Heraldry:-See also:*Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...
, France, 17 April 1919 - Le MansLe MansLe Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...
, France, 6 May 1919 - Brest, FranceBrest, FranceBrest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
, 19 May – 3 June 1919 - Mitchel Field, New York, 17 June 1919
- Park Field, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, 4 July 1919 - Rockwell FieldRockwell FieldRockwell Field was an Army air base located in Coronado, California, near San Diego. It shared the area known as North Island with Naval Air Station North Island from 1912 to 1935. Its functions were eventually moved to March Field so that the naval air station could take over the whole area...
, California, 29 September 1919 - Mather Field, California, 3 November 1919
- Ream Field, California, 24 January 1920
- Flight, or detachment thereof, operated from El Centro and CalexicoCalexico, CaliforniaCalexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census. Calexico is about east of San Diego and west of Yuma, Arizona...
, California, 17 March – 30 July 1920- Rockwell FieldRockwell FieldRockwell Field was an Army air base located in Coronado, California, near San Diego. It shared the area known as North Island with Naval Air Station North Island from 1912 to 1935. Its functions were eventually moved to March Field so that the naval air station could take over the whole area...
, California, 30 April 1920
- Rockwell Field
- Flight operated from EugeneEugene, OregonEugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
, Oregon, and detachment thereof from MedfordMedford, OregonMedford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
, Oregon, June-c. September 1920- Mather Field, California, 3 November 1920
- Detachment at Rockwell FieldRockwell FieldRockwell Field was an Army air base located in Coronado, California, near San Diego. It shared the area known as North Island with Naval Air Station North Island from 1912 to 1935. Its functions were eventually moved to March Field so that the naval air station could take over the whole area...
, California, to January 1921- EugeneEugene, OregonEugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
, Oregon, May 1921
- Eugene
- Detachment operated from MedfordMedford, OregonMedford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
, Oregon, and flight from Camp LewisCamp LewisCamp Lewis may refer to:* Joint Base Lewis-McChord* Camp Lewis, part of the Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America* Camp Lewis , a former U.S. Army camp in Montana...
, Washington, to c. September 1921- Crissy FieldCrissy FieldCrissy Field is a former airfield, now a part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in San Francisco, California, United States. Historically a part of the Presidio of San Francisco, Crissy Field was closed as an airfield and eventually the National Park Service took control over it...
, California, 12 October 1921
- Crissy Field
- Detachment operated from EugeneEugene, OregonEugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
, Oregon, August–September 1922
- Fort LewisFort LewisJoint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
, Washington, 30 June 1936 - Wheeler-Sack Field, New York, 26 September 1941
- Tullahoma, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, 9 September 1942 - Godman Field, KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, 7 November 1942 - Reading AAFReading Regional AirportReading Regional Airport , also known as Carl A. Spaatz Field, is a public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Reading, a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States...
, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, 22 September 1943
- Flights at various points in SouthSouth AmericaSouth America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and Central America during period November 1943 – August 1946, especially at TalaraCap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport-External links:...
, Peru, 1943–1944, Atkinson FieldCheddi Jagan International AirportCheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the national airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri, south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown.-History:...
, British GuianaBritish GuianaBritish Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Dutch at the start of the 17th century as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice...
, 1944–1945, Recife, Brazil, 1944–1945, Howard Field, Canal ZonePanama Canal ZoneThe Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
, 1944–1946, and Natal, Brazil, 1945–1946- Peterson FieldPeterson FieldPeterson Field is a public-use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Plains, a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. It is privately owned by G. Thomas Peterson.- Facilities and aircraft :...
, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, 25 December 1943 - Buckley Field, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, 2 July 1944 - MacDill Field, Florida, 21 April 1946
- Howard Field, Canal ZonePanama Canal ZoneThe Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
, 26 August 1946
- Peterson Field
- Flight at Natal, Brazil, to 31 October 1946, and at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 October 1946 – 23 September 1947; flight at Santiago, ChileSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, 18 April-c. July 1947- France FieldEnrique Adolfo Jiménez AirportEnrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is a commercial airport located in Colón, Panama, offering scheduled airline flights to the national capital, Panama City, and to other destinations....
, Canal ZonePanama Canal ZoneThe Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
, 1 December 1947 - Waller Army Airfield, TrinidadTrinidadTrinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
, 12 January 1948 - McGuire AFB, 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...
, 22 January 1949 - Barksdale AFB, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, 1 October 1949 - Johnson AB, Japan, 16 November 1950
- Yokota AB, Japan, 19 December 1950
- Great Falls AFB, MontanaMontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, 20 December 1954 - Larson AFB, Washington, 17 July 1955 – 1 July 1957
- Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 1 July 1967 – 30 September 1993
- Fort George G. MeadeFort George G. MeadeFort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation that includes the Defense Information School, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Courier Service...
, MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, 1 October 1993 – 5 May 2005 - Lackland AFB, Texas, 26 July 2007–
- France Field
Aircraft
- AR type, 1917-1918; in addition to Salmson 2, 1918-1919, included Breguet 14, DH-4, and Spad XIII during 1918
- DH-4, 1919-c. 1928, and O-2, c. 1926-1930
- OA-1 and C-1 during period 1925-1930
- O-25, 1930-1936
- OA-2, C-6, and C-8 during period 1930-1936
- O-46, 1936-1942
- O-47 and O-52, 1941-1942
- O-49, 1941-c.1943
- A-20, 1942-1943
- L-4, 1942-1943
- B-25, 1943
- DB-7, L-5, O-47, and P-40 during period 1942-1943
- B-25/F-10, 1943-1945
- B-17/F-9, 1945-1950
- F-2, 1945-1948
- B-50, 1949-1950
- RB-50, 1950
- RB-29, 1950-1954
- RB-45 and RB-50, 1951-1954
- RBF-84, 1955-1957
- RF-84, 1956-1957
- RF-4, 1967-1991