8th Intelligence Squadron

8th Intelligence Squadron
Active	1943–1949; 2009-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Intelligence
Part of	Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
Garrison/HQ	Hickam Air Force Base
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
8th Intelligence Squadron emblem (approved 10 August 2009)^[1]

The United States Air Force's 8th Intelligence Squadron (8 IS) is an intelligence unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

Lineage

Activated on 1 Nov 1943

Redesignated 8th Photographic Technical Unit on 4 Nov 1944

Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949

Redesignated 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron on 16 October 1984 (remained inactive)^{[note 1]}
Redesignated 8th Intelligence Squadron on 9 Dec 2008

Activated on 1 January 2009^[1]

III Reconnaissance Command, 1 November 1943
Fifth Air Force, 30 April 1944
91st Photographic Wing (later 91st Reconnaissance Wing), 8 May 1944^{[note 2]}
V Bomber Command, 6 March 1946
Fifth Air Force, 14 November 1948
314th Air Division, 20 August 1948 – 1 April 1949
692d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 1 Jan 2009 – present^[1]

↑ The squadron is not related to the 8th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron that was assigned to Eighth Air Force from 1952 to 1960. That unit is active as the 3d Intelligence Squadron.
↑ Robertson identifies the wing as the "91st Photographic Reconnaissance Wing," but see Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 410-411

1 2 3 4 5 Robertson, Patsy (June 20, 2011). "Factsheet 8 Intelligence Squadron (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
↑ AF FOIA Request 2009-01965, 13 Jul 2009

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.

Wings

Centers

Groups

Numbered	361 ISRG 373 ISRG 480 ISRG 497 ISRG 543 ISRG 544 ISRG 548 ISRG 655 ISRG 659 ISRG 691 ISRG 692 ISRG 693 ISRG 694 ISRG 707 ISRG
Named	Air & Cyberspace Analysis Group Data Analysis Group Global Threat Analysis Group Space and Missiles Analysis Group

Squadrons

Numbered

Named

Aircraft Analysis Squadron
Cyber Analysis Squadron
Electronic Analysis Squadron
Engineering Analysis Squadron
Integrated Air Defense Systems Analysis Squadron
Foreign Materiel Exploitation Squadron
Geospatial Intelligence and Measurements and Signatures Intelligence Analysis Squadron
Imagery Analysis Squadron
Information Exploitation Squadron
Signals Analysis Squadron
C4 Information Operations Analysis Squadron
Future Threats Analysis Squadron
Regional Threats Analysis Squadron
Ballistic Missiles Analysis Squadron
Counterspace Analysis Squadron
Space Analysis Squadron
Special Analysis Squadron

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