List of United States Air Force weather reconnaissance squadrons
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This is a List of United States weather reconnaissance squadrons- USAAF -USAF.
| Squadron | Insignia | Location | Nickname | Aircraft Flown | Note |
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| Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) | RAF St Eval, RAF Bovingdon | 8 September 1943 – 28 March 1944 (discontinued and split into two squadrons) | |||
| Army Air Forces Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Test) Number 1 |  |
Patterson Field, Truax Field, Presque Isle Army Air Field | A-28, B-25 | 12 August 1942 – 6 December 1943 (Redesignated 30th WRS) | |
| 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route, Medium | |
Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field | B-17, B-25 | 21 August 1944 – 21 December 1945 (was 30 WRS, Inactivated) | |
| 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) | Fairfield-Suisun AFB | WB-29 | 1 June 1948 – 1 October 1948 (Redesignated the 2078th Air WRS) | ||
| 2d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) | Key Field, Gushkara, India | B-25 | 1 February 1944 – 28 December 1945 (Inactivated) | ||
| 3d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route (Medium) (later 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, Weather, Heavy) | Presque Isle Army Air Field, Grenier Field | RB-17, TB-17 | 31 August 1944 – 15 June 1945 (Redesignated 53d Recon Sq, Long Range, Weather) | ||
| 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 | 28 March 1944 – 9 August 1944 (discontinued) | |||
| 30th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route, Medium | |
Presque Isle Army Air Field | B-17, B-25 | 1944 - Redesignated 1st WRS | |
| 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Keesler AFB | "Hurricane Hunters" | WC-130 | 15 June 1945 - (was 3d WRS, earlier 53d Reconnaissance Sq, Wx and 53d Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx) |
| 654th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Andersen AFB | "Typhoon Chasers" | Mosquito Mk XII, WB-29, WB-50, WB-47, WC-130 | 1944-1945; redesignated 4 September 1945 – 30 September 1987 (Inactivated Previously 654th Bomb Sq, H (Recon, Spl), 54th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Sq, Wx) |
| 655th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron | Harmon Field, Buckley Field, Langley Field, Morrison Field, Fairfield-Suisun AFB, McClellan AFB | B-24 1944/1945, B-29 1945-1947 HC-130 | 1944-1945; redrsignated 16 June 1945 – 1 October 1993 (Previously 655th Bomb Sq, Recon 55th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx. Redesignated 55th Space Weather Sq (inactive)) | ||
| 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Grenier Field | RB-57, WC-135 | 21 February 1951 – 15 January 1972 (Previously 358th Ftr Sq, 56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx Inactivated, 1972; Reactivated as the 358th TFS later that year) | |
| 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Hickam AFB | WB-57 | Previously 399th Ftr Sq Inactivated, 1969 | |
| 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Eielson AFB, Kirtland AFB | "Pole Vaulters" | B-29/RB-29/WB-29, WB-50 | 7 July 1945 – 30 June 1974 (Previously 400th Ftr Sq, 58th Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx, 58th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Wx) |
| 59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
MacDill Field, Castle Field, Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Field, Ladd Field, Kindley AFB, Goodfellow AFB | "Hurricane Hunters" | WB-50 | 1 August 1945 – 8 May 1964 (Previously 59th Reconnaissance Sq, Wx 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight 8 May 1955 – 1 April 1956) |
| 154th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Oran, Algeria | Ducimus "We Lead" | P-38 | 12 May 1944 – 4 September 1945 (Previously 154th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Redesignated 63d Recce Sq, Wx, Allotted to the National Guard as 154th Ftr Sq) |
| 815th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron |  |
Keesler AFB | "Storm Trackers" | WC-130 | 1 January 1976 – 31 December 1987 (was 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron, redesignated 815th Tactical Airlift Squadron) |
| 2078th Air Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special | Fairfield-Suisun AFB, Tinker AFB | WB-29 | 1 October 1948 – 20 March 1950 (Previously 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Special, Discontinued) | ||
| 2079th Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) | Yokota AB, Japan | 1 July 1949 – 1 December 1949 (discontinued) |
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