2078th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron | |
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Active | 1948-1950 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Weather Reconnaissance |
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
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
The original article can be found at 2078th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the edit history here.