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United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

's 451st Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The 451st IS was previously inactivated at RAF Menwith Hill, UK, in 2015. The squadron descends from the 10th Radio Squadron, which was activated at Brooks Air Force Base and was active between November 1949 and October 1950. The squadron was reactivated twice, firstly in 1991, when it was consolidated with the 6951st Electronic Security Squadron, later becoming the 451st until it was inactivated in 2015 The 451st IS was previously inactivated at RAF Menwith Hill, UK, in 2015. It was then reactivated in 2019 when it was it was assigned to the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group.

Mission

The 451st IS was again activated in 2019 "in order to conduct and execute Air Force and national analysis and reporting capabilities using tactical and national resources to provide intelligence products for U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Southern Command operations, plans and forces, and the execution of Air Force national and tactical integration operations."

History

The 451st IS' lineage descends from the 10th Radio Squadron, Mobile, activated at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 23, 1949 through Oct. 21, 1950. It was reconstituted and consolidated with the 6951st Electronic Security Squadron, May 1, 1991, at Royal Air Force Menwith Hill Station, United Kingdom, and later became the 451st IS until inactivation, June 24, 2015. The 451st IS was previously subordinate to the

544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group The 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Sixteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It was reactivated under the 70th I ...

, until the squadron was stood down in 2015. Upon its reactivation in 2019, it was assigned to the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group.

Previous designations

*451st Intelligence Squadron (1 April 2007 – 24 June 2015; 11 July 2019 – Present) *451st Information Operations Squadron (1 October 2000 – 1 April 2007) *451st Intelligence Squadron (1 October 1993 – 1 October 2000) *6951st Electronic Security Squadron (1 May 1991 – 1 October 1993) *10th Radio Squadron, Mobile (9 November 1949 – 8 May 1955)

Bases stationed

Fort Gordon Fort Gordon, formerly known as Camp Gordon, is a United States Army installation established in October 1941. It is the current home of the United States Army Signal Corps, United States Army Cyber Command, and the Cyber Center of Excellence. It ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

(11 July 2019 – Present) *

RAF Menwith Hill Royal Air Force Menwith Hill is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which provides communications and intelligence support services to the United Kingdom and the United States. The site contains an extensive sate ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

(1 May 1991 – 2015) *

RAF Chicksands Ministry of Defence Chicksands or more simply MoD Chicksands is a UK Ministry of Defence station located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south east of Bedford, Bedfordshire and 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Luton, Bedfordshire. Now the location of ...

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Brooks AFB Brooks Air Force Base was a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas, southeast of Downtown San Antonio. In 2002, Brooks Air Force Base was renamed Brooks City-Base when the property was conveyed to the Brooks Developmen ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

(23 November 1949 – 21 October 1950)

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award The Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award (ASOUA) is one of the Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force, unit awards of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. It was established in 1954 as the A ...

AF FOIA Request 2009-01965, 13 July 2009 **1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005 **1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003 (with Valor device) **1 October 1994 – 30 September 1995 **1 October 1993 – 30 September 1994

References

External links

Air Force ISR Agency
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