8th Intelligence Squadron
Introduction The United States Air Force's '''8th Intelligence Squadron''' is an intelligence unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
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)* Redesignated '''8th Intelligence Squadron''' on 9 Dec 2008: Activated on 1 January 2009===Assignments===* III Reconnaissance Command, 1 November 1943* Fifth Air Force, 30 April 1944* 91st Photographic Wing (later 91st Reconnaissance Wing), 8 May 1944* 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===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
Decorations * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award* Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
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