361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

The 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing, stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. It was inactivated on 30 June 1974.

History
Activated in South Vietnam in 1966. Flew C-47 aircraft equipped with electronic countermeasures equipment over South Vietnam. Reassigned to Thailand in 1972 as part of USAF draw-down in South Vietnam. Continued missions over Indochina until 15 August 1973 when United States military flights over Indochina halted by congressional mandate. Trained in Thailand until inactivation in 30 June 1974.

The squadron may have been re-activated as the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism in 2003. Assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group, the squadron operated a variety of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance aircraft before the United States pullout from Iraq in 2011.

Lineage

 * Constituted as 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron and activated on 8 April 1966
 * Redesignated 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967
 * Inactivated on 30 June 1974

Assignments

 * 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 April 1966-31 August 1971
 * 6259th Air Base Squadron, 31 August 1971
 * 56th Special Operations Wing, 1 September 1972-30 June 1974

Stations

 * Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 8 April 1966
 * Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 31 August 1971
 * Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1 September 1972-30 June 1974

Aircraft

 * C/EC-47H Skytrain