41st Electronic Combat Squadron

41st Electronic Combat Squadron
Emblem of the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron
Active	1917–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Engagements	World War I World War II Vietnam Saudi Arabia

The 41st Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. Its current assignment is with the 355th Operations Group, being stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Lineage 1.2 Assignments 1.3 Stations 2 Aircraft 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

History

Observation unit with French XVII and XXXII, and American III and IV Army Corps, August 16 – November 11, 1918. Air defense for Panama Canal, January 1942 – May 1944, with occasional antisubmarine patrols over the Caribbean and Pacific, especially during May and June 1942; deployed to Western Pacific in June 1945, but never entered combat. Combat in Southeast Asia, c. November 1965 – October 31, 1969. Command, control, and communications countermeasures, 1982–. Electronic countermeasures in Southwest Asia, August 27, 1990 – April 17, 1991.

Lineage

• Organized as Company A, 4th Balloon Squadron on November 13, 1917

Redesignated: 9th Balloon Company on July 25, 1918

Redesignated: 9th Airship Company on August 30, 1921

Redesignated: 9th Airship Squadron on October 26, 1933

Redesignated: 1st Observation Squadron on June 1, 1937

Redesignated: 1st Observation Squadron (Medium) on January 13, 1942

Redesignated: 1st Observation Squadron on July 4, 1942

Redesignated: 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (Special) on June 25, 1943

Redesignated: 41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on November 25, 1944

Redesignated: 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on January 24, 1946

Inactivated on June 17, 1946

• Redesignated 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night-Photographic, on January 14, 1954

Activated on March 18, 1954

Inactivated on May 18, 1959

• Redesignated 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet, and activated, on June 30, 1965

Organized on October 1, 1965

Redesignated: 41st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on October 8, 1966

Redesignated: 41st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on March 15, 1967

Inactivated on October 31, 1969

• Redesignated 41st Electronic Combat Squadron on June 17, 1980

Activated on July 1, 1980

Assignments

Unkn, November 13, 1917 – August 5, 1918 Balloon Wing, IV Army Corps, August 5, 1918 Balloon Wing, III Army Corps, September 21, 1918 Balloon Group, III Army Corps, October 8, 1918 2d Balloon Group, First Army (United States), c. November 20 – December 1918 unkn, December 1918 – May 1919 Army Balloon School, Fort Omaha, NE, May 1919 VI Corps (United States) Area, October 1921 1st (later, 21st) Airship Group, July 19, 1922 Sixth Corps Area, June 1, 1937 VII Corps (United States) Area (attached to Cavalry School), June 15, 1937 Cavalry School, c. 1939 Second United States Army, October 3, 1940 Two flights attached to Cavalry School to c. April 1941 Third flight remained assigned to Cavalry School throughout period II Air Support Command, September 1, 1941 Flight attached to Cavalry School to c. December 1941 72d Observation (later, 72d Reconnaissance) Group, September 26, 1941 Attached to 6th Bombardment Group, April 10 – c. June 1942 Sixth Air Force, November 1, 1943 II Tactical Air Division, May 24, 1944 III Tactical Air Division, June 24, 1944

III Tactical Air Command, October 1, 1944 III Tactical Air Division, December 4, 1944 7th Fighter Wing, April 18, 1945 AAF, Pacific Ocean Area (attached to XXI Bomber Command), June 13, 1945 United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific (attached to Twentieth Air Force), July 16, 1945 315th Bombardment Wing, September 18, 1945 VII Fighter Command (later, 46th Fighter Wing), January 4 – June 17, 1946 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, March 18, 1954 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, February 8, 1958 – May 18, 1959 Tactical Air Command, June 30, 1965 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, October 1, 1965 Thirteenth Air Force, October 20, 1965 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, February 18, 1966 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, September 18, 1966 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, August 15, 1967 – October 31, 1969 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing (later, 552d Airborne Warning and Control Division), July 1, 1980 28th Air Division, April 1, 1985 Attached to Air Division Provisional, 15, December 5, 1990 – April 17, 1991 355th Operations Group, May 1, 1992 – present

Stations

Fort Omaha, Nebraska,, November 13, 1917 Camp Morrison, Virginia, February 9 – June 29, 1918 Camp de Meucon, Morbihan, France, July 17, 1918 Broussey-Raulecourt, France, August 14, 1918 Xivray-et-Marvoisin, France, September 12, 1918 St Benoit-en-Woevre, France, September 14, 1918 Lamarche-en-Woevre, France, September 16, 1918 Thierville, France, September 22, 1918 Cumières, France, October 9, 1918 Consenvoye, France, November 7, 1918 Fromeréville-les-Vallons, France, November 12, 1918 Damvillers, France, November 14, 1918 Ville-sur-Cousances, France, November 26, 1918 Colombey-les-Belles, France, February 4, 1919 Bordeaux, France, February 18 – April 20, 1919 Camp Stuart, Virginia, May 4, 1919 Camp Lee, Virginia, May 8, 1919 Fort Omaha, Nebraska, May 18, 1919 Scott Field, Illinois, October 28, 1921

Fort Omaha, Kansas, June 15, 1937 – December 27, 1941 Rio Hato, Panama, January 14, 1942 Howard Field, Canal Zone, January 19, 1942 David, Panama, April 17, 1942 Rio Hato, Panama, May 10, 1942 Howard Field, Canal Zone, June 20, 1942 – May 7, 1944 Pounds Field, Texas, May 24, 1944 Muskogee Army Airfield, Oklahoma, December 7, 1944 – April 4, 1945 Kualoa Field, Hawaii (Territory), April 18 – May 31, 1945 Agana Airfield, Guam, Mariana Islands June 13, 1945 Detachment at: North Field, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands (Japan), August 9 – c. September 15, 1945 East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, January 4, 1946 Agana Airfield, Guam, Mariana Islands, April 15 – June 17, 1946 Shaw AFB, South Carolina, March 18, 1954 – May 18, 1959; October 1, 1965 Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, October 20, 1965 – October 31, 1969 Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, July 1, 1980 – present Deployed at Bateen AB, Saudi Arabia, August 27, 1990 – April 17, 1991

Aircraft

• Type R observation balloon, 1918–1919,
• 1919-1921; probably included RN-1 (Zodiac), type SST (Mullion), type AA (pony blimp), A-4, D-4, OA-1, AC-1, TA-1, TA-5, TC-1, TC-3, TC-5, TC-6, TC-10, TC-11, TC-14, TE-1, type TE-3, and TF-1 nonrigid airships, RS-9 semirigid airship, type R (later, C-3) and C-6 observation balloons, and A-6, A-7, and A-8 spherical balloons during period 1922-1937.
• O-19, Douglas O-25, and apparently O-46, during period 1937-1939.
• O-47, 1938–1944, L-4 and B-18, 1942–1944,
• P-39, 1943–1944, included Kellett YG-1B, c. 1938-1940, YO-51 Dragonfly, 1940–1941, Bellanca YO-50, and apparently O-59 Grasshopper, 1941, O-49, 1941–1943, and CG-4, 1943; A-20, 1944, primarily F-5 Lightning, 1944-1946.
• RB-26, 1954–1956;
• RB-66, 1956-1959.
• RB-66, 1965; EB-66, 1965-1969.
• EC-130H Compass Call, 1982-.

See also

• List of American Balloon Squadrons
• French Blimps operated by the USN
• US Army Airships

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

External links

• http://www.wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com/Misc/Airships/Airships.htm

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