97th Intelligence Squadron
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The United States Air Force's 97th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
97th Intelligence Squadron | |
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Active | 1917–1919; 1935–1944; 1979–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Intelligence Collection |
Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska |
Motto(s) | We Can Handle It |
Engagements | Antisubmarine Campaign |
Decorations | Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
Insignia | |
97th Intelligence Squadron emblem (approved 3 August 1982)[1] | |
97th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron emblem (approved 19 October 1936)[2] |
The squadron was first organized at Kelly Field, Texas in the summer of 1917 as the 97th Aero Squadron. It maintained and repaired aircraft in France until the end of World War I, when it returned to the United States and was demobilized.
The 97th Observation Squadron was activated at Mitchell Field, New York in 1935. The following year it was consolidated with the World War I squadron. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron engaged in antisubmarine patrols in the Atlantic. In 1942 it began to train aircrews and participate in military exercises with Army ground forces. The squadron was disbanded in 1944 in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces.
The 6949th Electronic Security Squadron was organized at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska in 1979. In 1993 it was consolidated with the 97th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron as the 97th Intelligence Squadron. For most of its existence the unit has provided on board intelligence specialists for reconnaissance units at Offutt.