10th Intelligence Squadron | |
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McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II as flown by the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
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Active | 1943-46; 1947-50; 1952-58; 1965-71; 1993 – present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Military Intelligence |
Garrison/HQ | Langley Air Force Base, Virginia |
Decorations |
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
Insignia | |
10th Intelligence Squadron emblem | |
10th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron emblem (approved 19 April 1957) | |
678th Bombardment Squadron emblem |
The United States Air Force's 10th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 678th Bombardment Squadron, a United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It was part of the first Boeing B-29 Superfortress group formed for the 58th Bombardment Wing, and served in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater as part of Twentieth Air Force. The squadron's aircraft engaged in very heavy bombardment operations against Japan. The squadron received the Distinguished Unit Citation for its combat operations on three occasions. When the unit was returned to the United States in 1945 it was redesignated as the 10th Reconnaissance Squadron, but it was inactivated in March 1946.
The 10th Intelligence Squadron, teaming with the 30th Intelligence Squadron of Air Combat Command (ACC), operates the multisource intelligence collection and dissemination Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System Deployable Ground Station One. Whether deployed or in garrison, the ground station is used to conduct information operations and harmonizes with other theater command, control, communications, computer and intelligence (C4I) systems. It provides information from multiple sensors and correlates them in near real-time to combat command elements in peace, crisis and war.