The

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's 6th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at

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, Korea. During

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, as the 6th Radio Squadron, Mobile, it gathered intelligence for

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from listening posts in India.

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

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during armistice and war.

History

World War II

The squadron was first established in the Signal Corps at Hamilton Field shortly after the

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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. In September 1944, the squadron shipped to India, arriving the following month. Until

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, it conducted operations from

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, 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.

Korea

The squadron was reconstituted as the 6th Intelligence Squadron and reactivated in 2009 at

, Korea.

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

Assignments

Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...

, 14 February 1942 – 26 September 1944 *

Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswell AF ...

, 28 October 1944 – 7 December 1945 *

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, 1 January 2009 – present

Stations

* Hamilton Field, California, 14 February 1942 *

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, California, 28 April 1942 *

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, California, 13 August 1942 *

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, California, 10 February 1943 *

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, California, 11 July 1944 *

Camp Anza Camp Anza was a United States Army installation, in what is now Riverside, California, during World War II. Construction began on July 3, 1942, and was completed on February 15, 1943. The camp was named after Juan Bautista de Anza, an early explor ...

, California, 16–26 September 1944 *

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, India, 28 October 1944 *

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, India, 1 November 1944 *

, India, 26 November 1944 *

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, India, 5–8 November 1945 *

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, New Jersey, 6–7 December 1945 * Osan Air Base, Korea, 1 January 2009 – present

References

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External links

Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
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