2078th Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

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

History
Established as a weather reconnaissance training unit at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, 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 Boeing WB-29 Superfortress weather aircraft.

Moved to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma on 1 October 1948. Squadron was discontinued on 30 March 1950. Personnel were transferred to the 513th Reconnaissance Squadron, which had moved to Tinker as 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.

Lineage

 * Designated as the 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) and organized 1 June 1948
 * Redesignated 2078th Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 October 1948
 * Discontinued on 20 March 1950

Assignments

 * 308th Reconnaissance Group, 1 June 1948 – 20 March 1950

Stations

 * Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, California, 1 June 1948
 * Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 October 1949 – 20 March 1950

Aircraft

 * WB-29 Superfortress, 1948-1950