History
Formed as the 20th Photographic Mapping Squadron in Mid 1942. In these early years, the unit worked under many different names and was stationed in the Pacific Theater under Fifth Air Force. Operated a wide variety of photo-reconnaissance aircraft in the South Pacific, engaging in combat reconnaissance. Moved to Japan in 1945, carrying out postwar reconnaissance and mapping of the Japanese Home Islands and Korean Peninsula as part of the War Department's Post Hostilities Mapping Project. Inactivated June 1946
Active in the Reserves 1947-1951 as an aerial reconnaissance squadron, activated to Active Duty during the Korean War, 1951. Personnel sent as replacements to Far East Air Forces, inactivated as administrative unit, May 1951.
Reactivated in 1954 under 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group as an RF-80A Shooting Star reconnaissance training squadron at Shaw AFB, SC. Upgraded to RF-84 Thunderstreaks in 1955. Transferred to operational missions in 1959 with reassignment to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in 1959, re-equipped with RF-101 Voodoos. Was deployed to Florida in 1962 during Cuban Missile Crisis, flew tactical reconnaissance flights over Cuba during the Crisis. Returned to Shaw in late 1962. Deployed to Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, 1963-1965 flying tactical reconnaissance for US advisory mission. Inactivated in 1965.
it was reactivated and designated the 20th Air Intelligence Squadron under the newly formed Air Combat Command in 1992, operating out of Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. A year later, it was redesignated as the 20th Intelligence Squadron under the Air Intelligence Agency.
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