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8th Intelligence Squadron
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The United States Air Force's 8th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
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Lineage
- Constituted as the 8th Photo Lab Section on 21 Oct 1943
- Activated on 1 Nov 1943
- Redesignated 8th Photographic Technical Unit on 4 Nov 1944
- Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949
- Redesignated 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron on 16 October 1984 (remained inactive)[note 1]
- Redesignated 8th Intelligence Squadron on 9 Dec 2008
- Activated on 1 January 2009[1]
Assignments
- III Reconnaissance Command, 1 November 1943
- Fifth Air Force, 30 April 1944
- 91st Photographic Wing (later 91st Reconnaissance Wing), 8 May 1944[note 2]
- V Bomber Command, 6 March 1946
- Fifth Air Force, 14 November 1948
- 314th Air Division, 20 August 1948 – 1 April 1949
- 692d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 Jan 2009 – present[1]
Stations
- Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 1 November 1943
- Woodward Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 27 December 1943
- Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 6 Feb 1944
- Camp Stoneman, California, 26 March – 9 April 1944
- Australia, 30 April 1944
- Nadzab, New Guinea, 5 May 1944
- Hollandia, New Guinea, 25 June 1944
- Biak Island New Guinea, 14 August 1944
- Leyte, Philippines, 5 November 1944
- Mindoro, Philippines, 29 January 1945
- Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 20 March 1945
- Toguchi, Okinawa, 27 July 1945
- Tachikawa, Japan, 27 September 1945
- Irumagawa Army Air Base, Japan, 19 January 1946 – 1 April 1949
- Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 1 Jan 2009 – present[1]
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References
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