Description
Computer made 3.5 inch-88mm
46th EXPEDITIONARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 719th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 6 Apr 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Inactivated on 11 Jun 1945. Redesignated 719th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 7 Sep 1945. Activated on 17 Sep 1945. Redesignated: 46th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Photographic-Weather) on 15 Nov 1945; 46th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Photographic) on 23 Oct 1946. Inactivated on 13 Oct 1947. Redesignated 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron on 10 Sep 2003. Inactivated in 2011. Redesignated 46th Expeditionary Attack Squadron in 2013-.
Assignments. 449th Bombardment Group, 1 May 1943-11 Jun 1945. 449th Bombardment Group, 17 Sep 1945; Fifteenth Air Force, 4 Aug 1946; Alaskan Air Command, 19 Aug 1946; Yukon Sector, Alaskan Air Command, 1 Oct 1946-13 Oct 1947. 332d Expeditionary Operations Group, 10 Sep 2003-2011. 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, 2013-.
Stations. Davis-Monthan Field, AZ, 1 May 1943; Alamogordo AAFld, NM, 5 Jul 1943; Bruning AAFld, Neb, 12 Sep 1943-26 Nov 1943; Grottaglie, Italy, 3 Jan 194-15 May 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 29 May-11 Jun 1945. Grand Island AAFld, NE, 17 Sep 1945-10 Aug 1946; Ladd Field, AK, 23 Aug 1946-13 Oct 1947. Ali AB, Iraq, 10 Sep 2003; Balad AB, Iraq, Jun 2004-2011. Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait, 2013-.
Aircraft. B-24, 1943-1945. B-17, 1945-1946; B-297 1945-1947; F-13, 1945-1947. MQ-1, 2002-2011-2013-2017. MQ-9, 2008-2011, 2017-.
Operations. Combat in MTO and ETO, 8 Jan 1944-26 Apr 1945. Provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability for 24-hour coverage of the Iraqi battlespace. Interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. NS. Air Offensive, Europe; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Amo; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Bucharest, Rumania, 4 Apr 1944; Ploesti, Rumania, 9 Jul 1944. Air Meritorious Unit Award: 1 Jun 2009-31 May 2010, 1 Jun 2010-31 May 2011, 1 Jun 2011-19 Dec 2011, 1 Jun 2011-31 May 2012, 1 Jun 2015-31 May 2016.