28th Intelligence Squadron | |
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Active | 1944–1946; 1950–1955; 2014–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Intelligence |
Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
Garrison/HQ | Hurlburt Field, Florida |
Motto(s) | Exploit the Night |
Engagements | Pacific Theater [1] |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation [1] |
Insignia | |
28th Intelligence Squadron emblem (approved 31 August 2015) [1] |
The United States Air Force's 28th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 28th Intelligence Squadron is a classic reserve associate unit supporting the 25th Intelligence Squadron conducting airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to provide threat warning to Air Force Special Operations Command. The squadron was previously active during World War II in the Pacific Theater, providing photographic support to a very heavy bomber group and in the early years of the Cold War as a photographic processing and interpretation unit for a strategic reconnaissance wing.
The squadron is the first reserve tactical systems operator squadron. Its mission is to organize and train personnel to deliver specialized analysis directly to Air Force special operations forces, provide equipment maintenance and configuration, analysis and dissemination, airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and operational support. [2]
The 28th Photographic Laboratory was activated at Dalhart Army Air Field and assigned to the 501st Bombardment Group, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress unit. After training in the United States under Second Air Force the unit deployed to the Pacific Theater in April 1945, where it was stationed at Northwest Field, Guam as an element of the 315th Bombardment Wing of XXI Bomber Command. [3] The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation for its support of the 501st Group's attacks on the Maruzen oil refinery at Shimotsu, the Utsubo oil refinery at Yokkaichi, and the petroleum center at Kawasaki. [1] [4] The 28th remained on Guam after V-J Day until it was inactivated in February 1946. [1]
The 28th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron was activated at Rapid City Air Force Base on 1 May 1950, [1] shortly after the 28th Bombardment Wing began to convert to Convair RB-36 Peacemakers as the 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. [5] The squadron took part in Operation Tumbler–Snapper, atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, from 1 April to 5 June 1952 by providing aerial and ground technical and training photography and motion pictures of various operations for the Defense Nuclear Agency. [6] The squadron was inactivated in 1955 [1] when the 28th Wing returned to a primary bombardment mission. [5]
The 28th Squadron was redesignated the 28th Intelligence Squadron and activated in March 2014 as a reserve associate unit of the 25th Intelligence Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Six months later, the squadron was consolidated with the World War II photographic laboratory. [1] The squadron achieved full operational capability in April 2016. [2] Squadron operators perform their mission primarily aboard Pilatus U-28 surveillance aircraft. [7]
Award streamer | Award | Dates | Notes |
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Distinguished Unit Citation | 6 – 13 July 1945 | 28th Photographic Laboratory [1] |
Campaign Streamer | Campaign | Dates | Notes |
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Air Offensive, Japan | April 1945–2 September 1945 | 28th Photographic Laboratory [1] |
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