List of United States Air Force weather reconnaissance squadrons

This is a List of United States Air Force weather reconnaissance squadrons.

SquadronShieldLocationNicknameAircraft FlownNote
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) RAF St Eval, RAF Bovingdon 8 September 1943 - 28 March 1944 (discontinued and split into two squadrons)
Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Test) Number One
Patterson Field, Truax Field, Presque Isle Army Air Field A-28, B-25 12 August 1942 - 6 December 1943 (Redesignated 30th WRS)
1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium)
Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field B-17, B-25 21 August 1944 - 21 December 1945 (was 30 WRS, Inactivated)
1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) Fairfield-Suisun AFB WB-29 1 June 1948 - 1 October 1948 (Redesignated the 2078th Air WRS)
2d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) Key Field, Gushkara, India B-25 1 February 1944 - 28 December 1945 (Inactivated)
3d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) (later 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, Weather, Heavy) Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field RB-17, TB-17 31 August 1944 - 15 June 1945 (Redesignated 53d Recon Sq, Long Range, Weather)
3.4.4 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Provisional Tinker AFB 5 July 1950 - 1 June 1951 (part of Joint Task Group 3.4)
8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional) RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton 28 March 1944 - 9 August 1944 (discontinued)
8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) (Provisional) RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton 28 March 1944 - 9 August 1944 (discontinued)
30th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Presque Isle Army Air Field B-17, B-25 1944 - Redesignated 1st WRS
53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Keesler AFB "Hurricane Hunters" WC-130 15 June 1945 - (was 3d WRS, earlier 53d Reconnaissance Sq, Wx and 53d Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx)
54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Andersen AFB "Typhoon Chasers" WB-29, WB-50, WB-47, WC-130 4 September 1945 - 30 September 1987 (Inactivated Previously 654th Bomb Sq,H (Recon, Spl), 54th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx)
55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Harmon Field, Buckley Field, Langley Field, Morrison Field, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, McClellan AFB HC-130 16 June 1945 - 1 October 1993 (Previously 655th Bomb Sq, Recon 55th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx. Redesignated 55th Space Weather Sq (inactive))
56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Grenier Field RB-57, WC-135 21 February 1951 - 15 January 1972 (Previously 358th Ftr Sq, 56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx Inactivated, 1972; Reactivated as the 358th TFS later that year)
57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hickam AFB WB-57 Previously 399th Ftr Sq Inactivated, 1969
58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Eielson AFB, Kirtland AFB "Pole Vaulters" B-29/RB-29/WB-29, WB-50 7 July 1945 - 30 June 1974 (Previously 400th Ftr Sq, 58th Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx, 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx)
59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron MacDill Field, Castle Field, Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field, Ladd Field, Kindley AFB, Goodfellow AFB "Hurricane Hunters" WB-50 1 August 1945 - 8 May 1964 (Previously 59th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight 8 May 1955 - 1 April 1956)
154th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Oran, Algeria Ducimus "We Lead" P-38 12 May 1944 - 4 September 1945 (Previously 154th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Redesignated 63d Recce Sq, Wx, Allotted to the National Guard as 154th Ftr Sq)
815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Keesler AFB "Storm Trackers" WC-130 1 January 1976 - 31 December 1987 (was 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron, redesignated 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron)
2078th Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Tinker AFB WB-29 1 October 1948 - 20 March 1950 (Previously 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special, Discontinued)
2079th Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) Yokota AB, Japan 1 July 1949 - 1 December 1949 (discontinued)

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