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This is a list of United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as bomb and fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are primarily assigned to Air Combat Command in the United States Air Force.

When squadrons are deployed on operations overseas their names are temporarily changed to include the word "expeditionary", although when they return the names revert. However, there are some units which include the word "Expeditionary" all the time; these squadrons are provisional and may activate and inactivate at any time.

Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadrons (ERS)

Squadron	Shield	Location	Unit	Aircraft	Note
4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron		Bagram Airfield		MC-12W	Inactivated on 1 October 2014.
46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron		S.W. Asia	387th Air Expeditionary Group	MQ-1	Previously at Joint Base Balad
60th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron		Camp Lemonnier		MQ-1B, MQ-9A	Inactivated on 7 October 2015.
62d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron					Inactivated.
361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron		Kandahar Airfield		MC-12W	Inactivated on 1 September 2014.
362d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron		Joint Base Balad		MC-12W	Inactivated.
363d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron					Inactivated. Previously at Prince Sultan Air Base.

Reconnaissance Squadrons (RS)

Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	Aircraft	Note
1st Reconnaissance Squadron		Beale AFB		U-2
5th Reconnaissance Squadron		Osan AB		U-2
6th Reconnaissance Squadron		Holloman AFB		RQ-1
11th Attack Squadron		Creech AFB		RQ-1, MQ-1
12th Reconnaissance Squadron		Beale AFB		RQ-4
13th Reconnaissance Squadron		Beale AFB		RQ-4	Reserve Unit
15th Attack Squadron		Creech AFB	"Cotton Pickers"	RQ-1, MQ-1
17th Reconnaissance Squadron		Creech AFB		RQ-1, MQ-1
18th Reconnaissance Squadron		Creech AFB
30th Reconnaissance Squadron		Creech AFB		RQ-170
38th Reconnaissance Squadron		Offutt AFB	"Fighting Hellcats"	RC-135
45th Reconnaissance Squadron		Offutt AFB	"Sylvester"	OC/RC/TC/EC/WC-135
78th Reconnaissance Squadron		Nellis AFB	"Bushmasters"		Reserve Unit
82d Reconnaissance Squadron		Kadena AB	"Hog Heaven"	RC-135
95th Reconnaissance Squadron		RAF Mildenhall	"Kickin' Ass"	RC-135 OC-135 E-4
99th Reconnaissance Squadron		Beale AFB		U-2
111th Reconnaissance Squadron		Ellington Field	"Ace in the Hole"	MQ-1	Texas ANG
343d Reconnaissance Squadron		Offutt AFB
489th Attack Squadron		Beale AFB, CA		MQ-1 MQ-9

See also

• 904th Air Refueling Squadron
• List of United States Air Force squadrons

References

1. ^ "Find Fix and Finish: Air Force MC-12W mission transitions to Army". USAF - ACC. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. January 2016. p. 17.
3. AF Link: "4 remotely piloted vehicle squadrons stand up at Holloman" Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today

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