12th Reconnaissance Squadron, US Air Force
12TH RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Organized as 12 Aero Squadron on 2 Jun 1917. Redesignated as: 12 Squadron (Observation) on 14 Mar 1921; 12 Observation Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 12 Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 Jan 1942; 12 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 12 Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 31 May 1943; 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Redesignated as 12 Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic (Jet Propelled) on 9 Jul 1946. Activated on 29 Jul 1946. Redesignated as 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic-Jet on 14 Jun 1948. Inactivated on 28 Mar 1949. Redesignated as 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photographic on 5 Feb 1951. Activated on 25 Feb 1951. Redesignated as 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photographic-Jet on 23 Feb 1959. Discontinued on 8 Mar 1960. Redesignated as 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic-Jet, and activated on 3 Nov 1965. Organized on 1 Jul 1966. Redesignated as: 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Oct 1966; 12 Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1992. Activated on 8 Nov 2001.
Combat as corps observation unit with French VI Army Corps and American I Army Corps, 10 May-6 Nov 1918; served with IV Army Corps as part of occupation forces in Germany, Nov 1918-Apr 1919. Mexican border patrol, Jan 1920-May 1921, sporadically until 1926, and again in Apr 1929. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 2 Jan 1944-11 May 1945; reconnaissance missions to northern Italy during Trieste crisis, 19-28 May 1945. Combat in Korea, 25 Feb 1951-27 Jul 1953. Combat reconnaissance in Southeast Asia, 13 Sep 1966 to mid-Jul 1971. Combat and follow up reconnaissance in Southwest Asia, Jan-May 1991. Responsible for RQ-4 operations worldwide, 2001-.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 2 February 1924 from World War I emblem.
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