161st Intelligence Squadron

The 161st Intelligence Squadron (161 IS) is a unit of the 184th Intelligence Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas. The 161st is a non-flying squadron operating the Distributed Common Ground System.

History
On 1 July 1987, the 161st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS) was established. Formal activation ceremonies for the 161st occurred on 12 September 1987. The unit was eauipped with 10 F-16A/Bs and conducted its first student training class shortly after activation. The 161st TFTS began converting to the F-16 C/D when the first C/D model arrived in July 1990.

The squadron was inactivated on 1 August 1994 when the F-16s were withdrawn from McConnell and replaced by B-1Bs. The squadron was reactivated in 2008 as the 161st Intelligence Squadron.

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 161st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and allotted to Kansas ANG, on 1 July 1987
 * Extended federal recognition on 12 September 1987
 * Redesignated: 161st Fighter Squadron on 16 March 1992
 * Inactivated on 1 August 1994


 * Redesignated: 161st Intelligence Squadron and activated on 1 April 2008

Assignments

 * 184th Tactical Fighter Group (later 184th Fighter Group, 184th Bomb Group). 1 July 1987 - 1 August 1994
 * 184th Regional Support Group, 1 April 2008 -P resent

Stations

 * McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 July 1987 - 1 August 1994
 * McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 April 2008 - Present

Aircraft

 * Block 1/5 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, 1987-1990
 * Block 25 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 1990-1994