Description
PVC made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
24th INTELLIGENCE SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 24 Observation Squadron (Light) on 5 Feb 1942. Activated on 6 Mar 1942. Redesignated: 24 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 24 Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) on 2 Apr 1943; 33 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 4 Oct 1945. Redesignated 24 Air Intelligence Squadron on 1 Feb 1992. Activated on 11 Feb 1992. Inactivated on 1 Dec 1995. Redesignated 24 Intelligence Squadron on 17 Dec 2002. Activated on 8 Jan 2003.
Assignments. 76 Observation (later, 76 Reconnaissance) Group, 27 Feb 1942; III Reconnaissance (later, III Tactical Air) Command, 11 Aug 1943; 10 Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), 1 May 1944; 67 Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 13 Jun 1944 (attached to 10 Photographic Group to 11 Aug 1944); XXIX Tactical Air Command (Prov), 7 Oct 1944 (attached to 67 Tactical Reconnaissance Group to 2 Nov 1944); 363 Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 30 Oct 1944; 67 Tactical Reconnaissance (later, 67 Reconnaissance) Group, 17 May 1945; 363 Reconnaissance Group, c. 5 Jul 1945; Unkn c. 20 Aug-4 Oct 1945. 24 Operations Group, 11 Feb 1992-1 Dec 1995. United States Air Forces in Europe Air and Space Operations Center, 8 Jan 2003; 616 Support Group, 1 Nov 2005; 603 Support Group, 1 Dec 2006; 693 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, 1 Apr 2008-.
Stations. Wilmington, NC, 27 Feb 1942; Pope Field, NC, 28 Mar 1942; Vichy, MO, 14 Dec 1942; Morris Field, NC, 8 May 1943; Gainesville AAFld, TX, 30 Oct 1943; Will Rogers Field, OK, 16 Jan-12 Apr 1944; Chalgrove, England, 27 Apr 1944; Le Molay, France, 15 Aug 1944; Toussus le Noble, France, 30 Aug 1944; Gosselies, Belgium, 21 Sep 1944; Le Culot, Belgium, 5 Nov 1944; Venlo, Holland, 10 Mar 1945; Gutersloh, Germany, 16 Apr 1945; Brunswick, Germany, 25 Apr 1945; Eschwege, Germany, 17 May-23 Aug 1945; Camp Myles Standish, MA, 3-4 Oct 1945. Howard AFB, Panama, 11 Feb 1992-1 Dec 1995. Ramstein AB, Germany, 8 Jan 2003-.
Operations. Combat in the ETO, 23 May 1944-3 May 1945. Provided intelligence support for Air Force activities in South and Central America. Plans, directs and conducts multi-source intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tasking, processing, exploitation and dissemination operations in support of United States Air Forces Europe, United States European Command, United States Africa Command, United States Central Command, NATO, and joint and combined force air component commanders. The squadron operates two primary mission systems: Distributed Common Ground System (DGS-4) and Eagle Vision One.
Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 6-20 May 1944. Meritorious Unit Awards: 1 Jun 2014-31 May 2015; 1 Jun 2015-31 May 2016. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 11 Feb 1992-31 Jul 1993; 1 Jan 2006-31 Dec 2007; 1 Jun 2009-31 May 2011. Cited in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: [12 Aug-28] Sep 1944; [6 Nov]-17 Dec 1944; 18 Dec 1944-[14] Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere.
Emblem. Approved on 10 Oct 1942; revised on 26 Jun 2003.