new pilot undergoes approximately six months of extensive training, including twenty sorties in the U-2. Upon graduation, the new crewmember is not only mission-ready in the U-2, but also checked out in the T-38 companion trainer. The graduate then transfers to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron and prepares for a tour at one of the overseas detachments. The 1st also trains the mission planners. Mission planners have to know the wing's mission, the aircraft and sensors capabilities, plus detailed information on target and threat assessment at specific locations. After planners complete their training, they deploy to the overseas detachments and design flight tracks that allow the pilots to gather the best data with the least personal risk. The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron graduates about twelve pilots and two mission planners each year. Lineage Organized as the 1st Provisional Aero Squadron on 5 March 1913 Redesignated 1st Aero Squadron on 8 December 1913 Redesignated 1st Aero Squadron (Corps Observation) on 4 April 1918 Redesignated 1st Army Observation Squadron, 4 August 1919 Redesignated 1st Squadron (Observation) on 14 March 1921 Redesignated 1st Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron on 1 March 1935 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 December 1939 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 November 1940 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 March 1944 Redesignated 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic, on 10 October 1948 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 1 April 1950 Redesignated 1st Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 2 October 1950 Redesignated 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 June 1966 Redesignated 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Training) on 1 July 1990 Redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (Training) on 1 September 1991 Redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 July 1994 Assignments Unknown, 5 March 1913 – September 1917 Headquarters, Chief of Air Service, AEF, 1 September 1917 I Corps Observation Group, 4 April 1918 III Corps Observation Group, 18 November 1918 1st Air Depot, 12 May 1919 Commanding General, Services of Supply, – 14 May July 1919 First Army Observation (later, 7th Observation) Group, 1 October 1919 Attached to: 1st Provisional Air Brigade for operations, 6 May – 3 October 1921 2d Wing (Provisional), 30 August 1921 II Corps Area, 30 September 1921 9th Observation (later, 9th Bombardment) Group, 1 August 1922 9th Division, USA, 24 March 1923 Attached to: 9th Observation Group, 24 March 1923 9th Observation Group, 15 February 1929 311th Air Division, 10