Squadron
Insignia
Location
Nickname
Aircraft Flown
Note
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)