6091st Reconnaissance Squadron

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6091st Reconnaissance Squadron
Emblem of the 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron
Active	1953-1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Reconnaissance

The 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 41st Air Division, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on 1 July 1968.

History

The 6091st participated in overt and covert reconnaissance throughout East Asia during the Cold War. It was formed at the end of the Korean War with the return of the Strategic Air Command 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron to the United States to provide Far East Air Forces with a strategic reconnaissance and intelligence gathering capability.

The squadron was formed from elements of the

which participated in overt and covert reconnaissance throughout Europe during the Cold War. Indeed, the squadron operated the same type of aircraft as its USAFE counterpart.

In 1957 the squadron was consolidated with its sister

.

The squadron's present-day successor unit is the

Creech AFB

, Nevada.

Lineage

• Established as the 6091st Reconnaissance Flight and activated on 1 December 1953

Re-designated as 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 December 1954

Inactivated on 1 July 1968

Assignments

• Fifth Air Force, 1 December 1953
• 6007th Reconnaissance Group (Composite), 1 March 1955
• 6007th Reconnaissance Wing (Composite), 9 August-30 September 1957
• 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
  , attached 1 July-30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957
• 3d Bombardment Wing
  , 8 December 1960
• 41st Air Division, 8 December 1960 – 15 January 1968

Stations

• Yokota Air Base, Japan, 1 December 1953 – 15 January 1968

Aircraft

• RB-29 Superfortress
  (Photo-Recon), 1954
• RB-50B Superfortress
  (Photo/Weather Recon), 1954–1961
• RB-50G Superfortress
  (ELINT/Radar Recon), 1954–1961
• RB-45C Tornado
  , 1954
• RB-57F Canberra
  , 1965–1968
• C-47 Skytrain
  , 1954–1968
• C-119G Flying Boxcar
  , 1954–1968
• C-130B-II Hercules
  , 1961–1968
• EC-97G Stratofreighter
  , 1963—1968

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Brugioni, Dino A (2010), Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, Naval Institute Press,
  ISBN 159114082X