8th Intelligence Squadron

The United States Air Force's 8th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

8th Intelligence Squadron
Active1943–1949; 2009-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleIntelligence
Part ofAir Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
Garrison/HQHickam Air Force Base
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
8th Intelligence Squadron emblem (approved 10 August 2009)[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 8th Photo Lab Section on 21 Oct 1943
Activated on 1 Nov 1943
Redesignated 8th Photographic Technical Unit on 4 Nov 1944
Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949
  • Redesignated 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron on 16 October 1984 (remained inactive)[note 1]
  • Redesignated 8th Intelligence Squadron on 9 Dec 2008
Activated on 1 January 2009[1]

Assignments

Stations

Decorations

References

Notes
  1. The squadron is not related to the 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron that was assigned to Eighth Air Force from 1952 to 1960. That unit is active as the 3d Intelligence Squadron.
  2. Robertson identifies the wing as the "91st Photographic Reconnaissance Wing," but see Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 410-411
Notes
  1. Bailey, Carl E. (March 17, 2017). "Factsheet 8 Intelligence Squadron (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. AF FOIA Request 2009-01965, 13 Jul 2009

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.



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