361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

361st Reconnaissance Squadron
Emblem of the 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
Active	1966-1974
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Electronic Warfare

361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron MC-12 patch

The 361st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group, stationed at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. It was inactivated on 1 September 2014.

History

Activated in South Vietnam in 1966. Flew EC-47 aircraft equipped with electronic countermeasures equipment over South Vietnam. Reassigned to Thailand in 1972 as part of USAF draw-down in South Vietnam. Continued missions over Indochina until 15 August 1973 when United States military flights over Indochina halted by congressional mandate. Trained in Thailand until inactivation on 30 June 1974.

The squadron re-activated as the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron as part of the Global War on Terrorism in 2003. Assigned to the first the 407th Air Expeditionary Group, then later the 451st Air Expeditionary Group, the squadron operated a variety of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance aircraft before the United States pullout from Iraq in 2011 and Afghanistan in 2014.

Lineage

Constituted as 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron and activated on 8 April 1966

Redesignated 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967

Inactivated on 30 June 1974

Redesignated 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron on xx Xxx 20xx

Activated on xx Xxx 20xx

Inactivated on 1 September 2014

Assignments

460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 April 1966 – 31 August 1971
6259th Air Base Squadron, 31 August 1971
56th Special Operations Wing, 1 September 1972 – 30 June 1974
407th Air Expeditionary Group, xx Xxx 200x-xx Xxx 20xx
451st Air Expeditionary Group, 20 May 2010 – 1 September 2014

Stations

Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 8 April 1966
Phù Cát Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 31 August 1971
Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1 September 1972 – 30 June 1974
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 20 May 2010 – 1 September 2014

Aircraft

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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