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The 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force squadron. Its last assignment was with the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii, where it was inactivated on 10 November 1969.
55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, McClellan AFB, California, 1963–1969; 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hickam AFB Hawaii xxxx–1969; The first of 34 WB-47Es was delivered to the AWS on 20 March 1963. The last operational USAF B-47 to fly was WB-47E-75-BW (51-7066) of the 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on 30 October 1969.
3.4.4 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Provisional: Tinker AFB: 5 July 1950 – 1 June 1951 (part of Joint Task Group 3.4) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) (Provisional) RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton: 28 March 1944 – 9 August 1944 (discontinued) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) (Provisional) RAF Bovingdon, RAF Watton
The aircraft were officially on weather reconnaissance missions and the aircraft crews as part of their normal duty also generated weather report data. The crews, all from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, were rotated into the operation on a regular basis from Guam. Inside the squadron, the rainmaking operations were code-named ...
22d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 43d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Shaw AFB, South Carolina, 1954–1956 (First USAF operational B-57 wing) 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (RB-57A) (USAFE) 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Sembach AB, West Germany. 1954–1958
Later converted to WB-29, she operated in the 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the early to mid 1950s. In 1955 sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground for use as a target. Recovered in 1985, restored, and placed on display. [7] 44-61535 Atwater, California: Castle Air Museum: Static display Built at Boeing Renton as B-29A.
Nine were converted to WV-3 weather reconnaissance aircraft (WC-121N in 1962). [6] The EC-121K was also operated by Training Squadron 86 (VT-86) at NAS Glynco, Georgia, for training of student naval flight officers destined to fly both the EC-121 and the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye.
9 June 1969: Functioned as the primary Air Force tactical reconnaissance platform in the continental U.S. Elements rotated temporary duty assignments to Itazuke Air Base, Japan from July 1968 until April 1969 providing photo reconnaissance support to American forces in those areas during Pueblo Crisis. 125th Air Transport Squadron: Oklahoma