The 12th Reconnaissance Group is a disbanded

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unit. It was last active as the 12th Observation Group,

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, assigned to the

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at Brooks Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 30 June 1937. The group's origins date to the 62d Aero Squadron, which was organized as a construction squadron at Kelly Field, Texas in August 1917. The squadron was transferred to the Aviation General Supply Depot, Camp Morrison, Virginia, in Oct 1917; redesignated the 474th Aero Squadron, Feb 1918; and dispatched to France with the

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Jan 1918 – Jun 1919. Its duties consisted of constructing temporary airfields for the First Army Air Service. It was demobilized in July 1919, Mitchell Field, New York Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the First World War, Volume 3, Part 3, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1949 (1988 Reprint) The 12th Group (Composite) was then constituted in 1923, but did not take physical form until 1 October 1930 as the 12th Observation Group. The 12th Obs Group commanded O-1, O-2 and O-19 observation squadrons in the Western United States. In 1936 its headquarters was combined with its support squadron, the 62d Service Squadron. Prior to its activation, these squadrons has been assigned to various Army ground units. Upon its inactivation, its personnel were transferred to the 82d Observation Squadron.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 12th Group (Composite) 6 February 1923 : Redesignated 12th Observation Group in 1924 * Activated on 1 October 1930 : Consolidated with the 62d Service Squadron on 1 September 1936 : Consolidated with the 62d Aero Squadron on 1 December 1936 * Inactivated on 1 June 1937 : Redesignated 12th Reconnaissance Group on 1 January 1938 (remained inactive) * Disbanded on 15 June 1983

Assignments

* IV Corps Air Service: 6 February 1923 (in inactive status) *

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: 19 June 1927 (remained inactive) *

: 14 January 1929 (remained inactive) * Ninth Corps Area: 14 January 1929 (remained inactive) * Eighth Corps Area: 1 October 1930 – 1 June 1937

Stations

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, Virginia (designated mobilization station): 6 February 1923 *

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, Florida (designated mobilization station): 1928 *

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, Alabama (designated mobilization station): 1930 *

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: Texas, 1 October 1930 * Brooks Field, Texas: 1 October 1931 – 20 June 1937

Components

* 3d Observation Squadron, 31 October 1931 – 1 March 1935 (attached 1 October 1930 – 31 October 1931 and 1 March 1935 – 1 June 1937) * 10th Observation Squadron, 6 February 1923 – 1 October 1930 (inactive) *

12th Observation Squadron The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 319th Operations Group at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, and operates from Beale Air Force Base, California. The squadron traces its lineage to ...

, 1 October 1930 – 1 June 1937 * 16th Observation Squadron, 1 October 1930 – 15 March 1931 (attached to United States Army Cavalry School) * 22d Observation Squadron, 30 June 1931 – 1 June 1937 * 58th Service Squadron, May 1929 – 1 October 1929 (inactive); 1 October 1930 – 1 June 1931 * 62d Service Squadron, 1 October 1931 – 1 September 1936 (consolidated with group headquarters) *

88th Observation Squadron The 436th Training Squadron is a non-flying training squadron of the United States Air Force. The 436th Training Squadron, located at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is a geographically separated unit (GSU) within Air Combat Command’s 552nd Air ...

, 30 June 1931 – 1 March 1935 *

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, 1 October 1930 – 23 March 1931 (attached to Ninth Corps Area)Maurer, p. 307 * 383d Service Squadron, 6 February 1923 – May 1929 (inactive)

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* * * {{cite book, last=Mueller, first=Robert, title=Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330255/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-026.pdf , year=1989, publisher=Office of Air Force History, location=Washington, DC, isbn=0-912799-53-6 Groups of the Air Service, United States Army Reconnaissance units and formations Military units and formations established in 1930 Military units and formations disestablished in 1937