The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the

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. It is assigned to the

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, stationed at

Offutt Air Force Base Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Ai ...

, Nebraska. The squadron is equipped with several variants of the

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aircraft equipped for reconnaissance missions. The 95th is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 95th Aero Squadron on 20 August 1917 at

Kelly Field Kelly Field (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) is a Joint-Use facility located in San Antonio, Texas. It was originally named after George E. M. Kelly, the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting. In ...

, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the

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during

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as a pursuit squadron.Gorrell During

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the unit served in the

Mediterranean Theater of Operations The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA), originally called the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), was a military formation of the United States Army that supervised all U.S. Army for ...

(MTO) as part of

Twelfth Air Force The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The command is the air component to ...

as a

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light bomber squadron, participating in the

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and the Southern France Campaign. In the

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, the squadron fought in the

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with

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medium bombers, then later as part of

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...

, flying TR-1A Dragonlady reconnaissance aircraft supporting

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.Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 316–318

Mission

Conducts

RC-135 Rivet Joint The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal ...

flight operations in the European and Mediterranean theaters of operations as tasked by National Command Authorities and European Command. Provides all operational management, aircraft maintenance, administration, and intelligence support to produce politically sensitive real-time intelligence data vital to national foreign policy. Supports EC-135,

OC-135 Open Skies The OC-135B Open Skies is a United States Air Force observation aircraft that supports the Treaty on Open Skies. The aircraft, a modified WC-135B, flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Three OC-135B aircr ...

, and Boeing E-4B missions when theater deployed. Although it is a component of the

, main flying operations are conducted from

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, United Kingdom and

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History

World War I

The 95th was originally activated as the 95th Aero Squadron (a fighter unit) on 20 August 1917 at

in Texas. It deployed to various locations in France during

, initially at

Issoudun Aerodrome Issoudun Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the vicinity of Issoudun, Centre, France. They were used during World War I as part of the Third Air Instructional Center, American Expeditionary Forces for training United States airmen ...

. On 5 May 1918, it was assigned to the

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. Well-known pilots with the 95th Aero Squadron who perished in World War I included Lt.

Quentin Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt I (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pu ...

, the youngest son of President

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

, and Irby Curry. Both of them died while the squadron was based in Saints Aerodrome, France. A number of aces also served with the unit, including Lansing Holden, Sumner Sewall,

Harold Buckley Captain Harold Robert Buckley (4 April 1896 – 13 June 1958) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. World War I service Buckley was one of the American pilots who came to aviation via an ambulance service. Once in Fra ...

, Edward Peck Curtis, James Knowles, and one of its commanding officers, Captain David M. Peterson. After the war ended on 11 November 1918, the 95th Aero Squadron was demobilized on 18 March 1919. As the 95th Pursuit Squadron it conducted bombing missions on the

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to prevent flooding in communities near the river caused by an

ice jam Ice jams occur when a topographic feature of the river causes floating river ice to accumulate and impede further progress downstream with the river current. Ice jams can significantly reduce the flow of a river and cause upstream flooding—som ...

. As the 95th Attack Squadron, it flew reconnaissance missions in March 1938 to support flood relief operations in southern California.Clay, p. 1436

Interwar years

The 95th Aero Squadron underwent various activations and inactivations over the years and experienced numerous name changes.

World War II

During

, it was known as the 95th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) and was a squadron in the

17th Bombardment Group The 17th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The group was last stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The Group is a direct successor to the 17th Pursuit Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the ...

that provided

North American B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...

s and 6 crews for the

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and later flew the

Martin B-26 Marauder The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during World War II. The B-26 was built at two locations: Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska, by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in t ...

in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

Korean War

Reconnaissance operations

After being inactivated on 25 June 1958, it was redesignated as the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 January 1982 and reactivated at

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in the United Kingdom on 1 October 1982. It flew

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and TR-1 aircraft in support of

and

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missions. After the end of the

, the 95th was no longer needed and the unit was inactivated on 15 September 1993. This hiatus did not last long as the unit was reactivated on 1 July 1994 at RAF Mildenhall, this time flying the RC-135 Rivet Joint and OC-135 Open Skies aircraft.

Lineage

* Organized as the 95th Aero Squadron (Pursuit) on 20 August 1917 : Redesignated as: 95th Aero Squadron (Pursuit), on 5 March 1918 : Demobilized on 18 March 1919< * Reconstituted and organized on 12 August 1919 : Redesignated 95th Squadron (Pursuit) on 14 March 1921 : Redesignated 95th Pursuit Squadron on 30 September 1922 : Redesignated 95th Pursuit Squadron, Air Service on 25 January 1923 : Redesignated 95th Pursuit Squadron, Air Corps on 8 August 1926 : Inactivated on 31 July 1927 * Redesignated 95th Pursuit Squadron and activated, on 1 June 1928 : Redesignated 95th Attack Squadron on 1 March 1935 : Redesignated 95th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 17 October 1939 : Redesignated 95th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 9 October 1944 : Inactivated on 26 November 1945 * Redesignated 95th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 29 April 1947 : Activated on 19 May 1947 : Inactivated on 10 September 1948 * Redesignated 95th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Night Intruder on 8 May 1952 : Activated on 10 May 1952 : Redesignated 95th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical on 1 October 1955 : Inactivated on 25 June 1958 * Redesignated 95th Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 January 1982 : Activated on 1 October 1982 : Inactivated on 15 September 1993 * Activated on 1 July 1994

Assignments

* Post Headquarters, Kelly Field, 20 August 1917 *

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, 30 September 1917 * Headquarters Air Service, AEF, 11–16 November 1917 *

Third Aviation Instruction Center Issoudun Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the vicinity of Issoudun, Centre, France. They were used during World War I as part of the Third Air Instructional Center, American Expeditionary Forces for training United States airmen ...

, 16 November 1917 * 1st Pursuit Organization Center, 16 February 1918 * 1st Pursuit Group, 5 May 1918 * 1st Air Depot, 11 December 1918Per Gorrell. Maurer and Bailey both indicate that the assignment to the 1st Pursuit Group lasted until 24 December 1919. * Advanced Section Services of Supply, 6 February 1919 * Eastern Department, 1–18 March 1919 * 1st Pursuit Group, 12 August 1919 * Air Corps Training Center, c. 7 June-31 July 1927 * Unknown, 1 June 1928 – 30 May 1929Maurer says the squadron was attached to the 7th Bombardment Group. Bailey describes this attachment as "possible", but neither Maurer nor Bailey give a unit of assignment. Clay indicates the squadron was again assigned to the 1st Pursuit Group. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 317; Bailey; Clay, p. 1436. * 17th Pursuit Group (later 17th Attack; 17th Bombardment Group), 31 May 1929 – 26 November 1945 (attached to 7th Bombardment Group until 29 October 1931) * 17th Bombardment Group, 19 May 1947 – 10 September 1948 * 17th Bombardment Group, 10 May 1952 – 25 June 1958 (attached to

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after 8 June 1957) * 17th Reconnaissance Wing, 1 October 1982 *

9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command and Sixteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California. The wing is also the host unit at Beale. Its mission is to ...

(later 9th Reconnaissance) Wing), 30 June 1991 – 15 September 1993 *

, 1 July 1994 – present

Stations

* Kelly Field, Texas, 20 August 1917 *

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, New York, 5–27 October 1917 *

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, England, 10 November 1917 * British Rest Camp #2,

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, France, 13 November 1917 * Issoudun Aerodrome, France, 16 November 1917 *

Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located northeast of Vertus, in the Marne department in northeastern France. Overview The airfield was built by the French Air Service in early 1917, wid ...

, France, 16 February 1918 * Epiez Aerodrome, France, 1 April 1918 *

Gengault Aerodrome Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately northeast of Toul (Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine); east of Paris. The airfield had its probable origins as early as 1912, as an ''Aéron ...

, Toul, France, 4 May 1918 *

Touquin Aerodrome Touquin Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located west of Touquin in the Île-de-France region in northern France. Overview As with Saints, Touquin airfield was hastily built during the Allied struggle to stop t ...

, France, 28 June 1918 * Saints Aerodrome, France, 9 July 1918 * Rembercourt Aerodrome, France, 2 September 1918 : Flight operated from Verdun Aerodrome, France, 7–11 November 1918 *

Colombey-les-Belles Airdrome : ''see also: Organization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force'' When the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917, the Air Service of the United States Army existed only as a branch of the Signal Corps, and was kno ...

, France, 11 December 1918 *

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, France, 6–19 February 1919 *

Camp Mills Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) was a military installation on Long Island, New York. It was located about ten miles from the eastern boundary of New York City on the Hempstead Plains within what is now the village of Garden City. In September ...

, New York, 1 March 1919 *

Mitchell Field Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is a civil–military airport south of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States., effective May 21, 2020. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Air ...

, New York, 4–18 March 1919 *

Selfridge Field Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the Unit ...

, Michigan, 12 August 1919 * Kelly Field, Texas, 31 August 1919 *

Ellington Field Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base is a joint installation shared by various active component and reserve component military units, as well as aircraft flight operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the aegis ...

, Texas, 1 July 1921 * Selfridge Field, Michigan, 1 July 1922 *

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, California, 7 June-31 July 1927 * Rockwell Field, California, 1 June 1928 * March Field, California, 29 October 1931 * Rockwell Field, California, 3 May 1932 * March Field, California, 14 May 1932 * Rockwell Field, California, 1 July 1932 * March Field, California, 9 August 1932Both Maurer and Clay indicate that the squadron remained at March Field after moving there in October 1931. Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 317; Clay, p. 1436. *

Rentschler Field Rentschler Field was an airport in East Hartford, Connecticut in use from 1933 to 1999. Originally a military facility, later a private corporate airport, it was decommissioned in 1999, after which the football stadium of the same name was bui ...

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, 2 May 1938 * March Field, California, 20 May 1938 (operated from Kern County Airport, California, 14–26 January 1940 *

McChord Field McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldw ...

, Washington, 26 June 1940 *

Pendleton Field Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton) is a public airport three miles northwest of Pendleton, in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Commercial service is provided by Boutique Air to Portland, subsidi ...

, Oregon, 29 June 1941 *

Lexington County Airport Columbia Metropolitan Airport is the main commercial airport for Columbia and the Midlands region of South Carolina, United States. The airport is located in West Columbia, southwest of Columbia, in Lexington County. It is surrounded by the c ...

, South Carolina, 15 February 1942 *

Barksdale Field Barksdale may refer to: Places * Barksdale, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Barksdale, Texas, an unincorporated community * Barksdale, Wisconsin, a town ** Barksdale (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Barksdale Air Forc ...

, Louisiana, 24 June-18 Nov 1942 *

Telergma Airfield Telerghma Airport is a joint-use civilian/military airport in Algeria , just south of the city of Telerghma, about 300 km east of Algiers History Built by the French Colonial government prior to World War II, the small airport was seized by ...

, Algeria, c. 24 December 1942 * Sedrata Airfield, Algeria, 14 May 1943 * Djedeida Airfield, Tunisia, 25 June 1943 * Villacidro Airfield,

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, aft ...

, France, c. 5 December 1943 * Poretta Airfield,

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, Italy, c. 19 September 1944 * Dijon Airfield (Y-9), France, c. 21 November 1944 *

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, Austria, c. 14 June 1945 *

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, Austria (Ground echelon), 5 July 1945 * Clastres Airfield, France, c. 3 October-c. 17 November 1945 *

Camp Myles Standish Camp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts during World War II. It was the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation, with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their wa ...

, Massachusetts, 25–26 November 1945 *

Langley Field Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfo ...

, Virginia, 19 May 1947 – 10 September 1948 *

Pusan East (K-9) Air Base Pusan East (K-9) Air Base was a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) air base adjacent to the Suyeong River in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. It was redeveloped in the 1990s as Centum City, a commerc ...

,Station number in Endicott, p. 178. South Korea, 10 May 1952 (operated from Pusan West Air Base (K-1), South Korea, 1 October-20 December 1952) *

Miho Air Base Miho Airbase (美保飛行場) , also known as Yonago Airport is a Japan Air Defense Force (JASDF) base located 11 km northwest of Yonago in Tottori Prefecture. It is owned and operated by JASDF and shares the runway with civil activities. ...

, Japan, c. 9 October 1954 – c. 19 March 1955 *

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, Florida, 1 April 1955 – 25 June 1958 *

, England, 1 October 1982 – 15 September 1993 * RAF Mildenhall, England, 1 July 1994 – presentStations in Bailey, except as indicated.

Aircraft

Nieuport 28 The Nieuport 28 C.1, a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during World War I, was built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage. Owing its lineage to the successful line of sesquiplane fighters that included the Nieuport 17, the Nie ...

, 1917–1918 *

SPAD S.XIII The SPAD S.XIII is a French biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War, developed by '' Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés'' (SPAD) from the earlier and highly successful SPAD S.VII. During early 1917, the French designer Louis Bé ...

, 1918, 1919 * Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, 1919–1922 *

Thomas-Morse MB-3 The Thomas-Morse MB-3 was an open-cockpit biplane fighter primarily manufactured by the Boeing Company for the U.S. Army Air Service in 1922. The MB-3A was the mainstay fighter for the Air Service between 1922 and 1925. Development In March 1918 ...

, 1922–1925 * Fokker D.VII, 1919–1925 *

Dayton-Wright DH-4 The Dayton-Wright Company was formed in 1917, on the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, by a group of Ohio investors that included Charles F. Kettering and Edward A. Deeds of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company ( DELC ...

, 1919–1925 * Curtiss PW–8 Hawk, 1924–1926 *

Curtiss P-1 Hawk The P-1 Hawk (Curtiss Model 34) was a 1920s open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps. An earlier variant of the same aircraft had been designated PW-8 prior to 1925."US Military Aircraft Designations & Serials 19 ...

, 1925–1927 *

Boeing PW-9 The Boeing Model 15 was a United States single-seat open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, manufactured by the Boeing company. The Model 15 saw service with the United States Army Air Service (as the PW-9 series) and with the United ...

, 1928–1929 *

Boeing P-12 The Boeing P-12/F4B was an American pursuit aircraft that was operated by the United States Army Air Corps , United States Marine Corps, and United States Navy. Design and development Developed as a private venture to replace the Boeing F2B a ...

, 1929–1934, 1935–1936 *

Boeing P-26 Peashooter The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in ...

, 1934–1935 * Northrop A-17, 1936–1939 * Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1939–1940 * Douglas B-23 Dragon, 1940–1941 * North American B-25 Mitchell, 1941–1942 * Martin B-26 Marauder, 1942–1945 *

, 1952–1956 *

Douglas B-66 Destroyer The Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is heavily based upon the United Stat ...

, 1956–1958 * Lockheed U-2, 1991–1993 * Lockheed TR-1, 1991–1993 * Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent, 1994–present * Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint, 1994–present * Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint, 1994–present *

Boeing OC-135B Open Skies The OC-135B Open Skies is a United States Air Force observation aircraft that supports the Treaty on Open Skies. The aircraft, a modified WC-135B, flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Three OC-135B aircr ...

, 1994–present

References

; Notes ; Citations

Bibliography

* * * * * * * * * {{cite book, last=War Department, title=Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, Belgium and Italy, 1917–1919 , url= https://archive.org/details/battleparticipat00unitrich , access-date=4 December 2016, year= 1920, publisher=Government Printing Office, location=Washington DC, oclc=118250

External links

Offutt Air Force Base web site

14 July 2008 – 90th anniversary Commemoration of 27th, 94th, 95th, 147th aero squadrons in France

095 Military units and formations established in 1982