2078th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

The 2078th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is a discontinued United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 308th Reconnaissance Group (Weather). It was inactivated at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma on 20 March 1950.

History
Established as a weather reconnaissance training unit at Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California, with a mission of training replacement personnel for weather reconnaissance and for conducting special research studies for development of equipment and reconnaissance techniques. It operated WB-29 Superfortress weather aircraft.

Moved to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma on 1 October 1948. Squadron was discontinued on 30 March 1950. Personnel were transferred to the 513th Reconnaissance Squadron, VLR, Weather, which had moved to Tinker AFB in the status of a “paper organization”. Almost immediately the 513th was alerted for a special project at Dhahran Airfield, Saudi Arabia. Flight B of the squadron deployed to Arabia, leaving Flights A, C, and D at Tinker AFB.

Lineage

 * Established as 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special), and activated 1 June 1948
 * Re-designated as: 2078th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special), 1 October 1948
 * Discontinued on 20 March 1950

Assignments

 * 308th Reconnaissance Group (Weather), 1 June 1948-20 March 1950

Stations

 * Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California, 1 June 1948
 * Tinker AFB, Oklalhoma, 1 October 1949-20 March 1950

Aircraft

 * WB-29 Superfortress, 1948-1950