6th Intelligence Squadron

6th Intelligence Squadron
	A member of the 6th Intelligence Squadron at the Osan AB learning center
Active	1942–1945; 2008–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Intelligence
Part of	694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
Garrison/HQ	Osan Air Base, Korea
Motto(s)	The Tiger Never Sleeps
Engagements	China-Burma-India Theater
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
6th Intelligence Sq emblem (approved 1 June 2012)[2]

The United States Air Force's 6th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Osan Air Base, Korea. During World War II, as the 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile, it gathered intelligence for 10th Air Force from listening posts in India.

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Mission

The mission of the 6th Intelligence Squadron is to execute 24/7 imagery and analytical operations, as part of the Distributed Ground System-Three (DGS-3), to support Seventh Air Force during armistice and war.

History

World War II

The squadron was first established in the Signal Corps at Hamilton Field shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor as the 140th Signal Radio Intelligence Company. The unit trained in California and was converted to an Air Corps unit in the summer of 1944 as the 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile, specializing in intercepting radio transmissions in Japanese.[2]

In September 1944, the squadron shipped to India, arriving the following month. Until V-J Day, it conducted operations from Barrackpore, India, remaining in theater through November 1945, when it returned to the United States and was inactivated. It remained inactive until it was disbanded in 1983.[2]

Korea

The squadron was reconstituted as the 6th Intelligence Squadron and reactivated in 2009 at Osan Air Base, Korea.[2]

Lineage

Constituted as the 140th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation on 7 February 1942

Activated on 14 February 1942

Redesignated 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile (J)[note 1] on 31 Mar 1944

inactivated on 7 December 1945

Redesignated 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 14 November 1946 (not active)
Disbanded on 15 June 1983
Reconstituted and redesignated 6th Intelligence Squadron on 9 December 2008

Activated on 1 January 2009[2]

Assignments

Fourth Air Force, 14 February 1942 – 26 September 1944
Tenth Air Force, 28 October 1944 – 7 December 1945
694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 January 2009 – present[2]

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, 14 February 1942
Army Air Base, Bakersfield, California, 28 April 1942
Hammer Field, California, 13 August 1942
Dale City, California, 10 February 1943
Camp Pinedale, California, 11 July 1944
Camp Anza, California, 16–26 September 1944
Bombay, India, 28 October 1944
Kanchrapara, India, 1 November 1944
Barrackpore, India, 26 November 1944
Calcutta, India, 5–8 November 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 6–7 December 1945
Osan Air Base, Korea, 1 January 2009 – present[2]

References

Notes

The (J) meant that its operators were qualified in Japanese.

Citations

"480th ISR Wing Heritage Pamphlet" (PDF). 25th Air Force. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Robertson, Patsy (5 June 2012). "Factsheet 6 Intelligence Squadron (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

External links

Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency

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[3] The (J) meant that its operators were qualified in Japanese.

[1] "480th ISR Wing Heritage Pamphlet" (PDF). 25th Air Force. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[6ISfacts-2] Robertson, Patsy (5 June 2012). "Factsheet 6 Intelligence Squadron (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 5 March 2017.