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((about|the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron of 1946-1947|the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron of 1943|426th Reconnaissance Group#Components))
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The '''46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron''' is an active [[United States Central Command|Central Command]] unit of the [[United States Air Force]].

The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was first activated as the '''719th Bombardment Squadron''' in May 1943.   After training in the United States, the squadron deployed to the [[Mediterranean Theater of Operations]], where it participated in the [[strategic bombing during World War II#US bombing in Europe|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany.  The squadron was awarded two [[Distinguished Unit Citation]]s for its actions during the war. Following [[V-E Day]], the 716th returned to the United States and was inactivated in June 1945.

The squadron was activated again in September and trained with [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]]es.  It was redesignated the '''46th Reconnaissance Squadron''' two months later, becoming one of the first long range reconnaissance units in [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC).  In August 1946, the squadron deployed to [[Ladd Field]], Alaska Territory, where it conducted long range [[aerial reconnaissance]] over the Arctic.  The 46th squadron flew "Project Nanook" to assess the Soviet threat in the [[Arctic]] at the beginning of the [[Cold War]]. The unit developed the grid system of Navigation which made Arctic navigation routine. The squadron's F-13, serial 45-21848 was the first aircraft to fly over the [[North Pole]] on 16 October 1946.  It was inactivated on 13 October 1947 and transferred its assets to the [[72d Reconnaissance Squadron]].

The squadron was converted to provisional status and reformed in 2004 and deployed to Iraq and, later, to Afghanistan.

==History==
===World War II===
The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was first activated in May 1943 at [[Davis-Monthan Field]], Arizona as the '''719th Bombardment Squadron''', one of the four original squadrons of the [[449th Bombardment Group]].<ref name=Maurer719BS/><ref name=Maurer449BG>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 323-324</ref>  It trained with [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]s at [[Alamogordo Army Air Field]], New Mexico and [[Bruning Army Air Field]], Nebraska before departing for the [[Mediterranean Theater of Operations]] in November 1943.<ref name=Maurer719BS/>

[[File:449th B-24 with Bar A painted on tail.jpg|thumb|left|449th Group B-24 in Italy]]
The squadron assembled at its combat station, [[Grottaglie Airfield]] in Southern Italy, in early January 1944, from which it operated primarily on [[strategic bombing during World War II#US bombing in Europe|strategic bombing missions]].  It attacked [[oil refineries]], communications centers, aircraft factories and industrial facilities in Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Albania and Greece.  The squadron was awarded a [[Distinguished Unit Citation]] (DUC) for its actions on 4 April 1944, when the squadron, along with the other elements of the 449th Group, operated without fighter escort in an attack on railroad [[marshalling yard]]s near [[Bucharest]].   The attacking group was heavily outnumbered by German [[interceptor aircraft]], but not only succeeded in destroying its assigned target, but inflicted heavy losses on the defending fighters.  It was awarded a second DUC for an attack against oil refineries near [[Ploesti]], attacking through heavy smoke that obscured the target area and despite intense enemy fire.<ref name=Maurer449BG/>

The squadron attacked [[coastal defence and fortification|gun emplacements]] to support [[Operation Dragoon]], the invasion of southern France in August 1944.  It attacked troop concentrations, bridges and viaducts during [[Operation Grapeshot]], the [[Fifteenth Army Group]] offensive in Northern Italy in the spring of 1945.  Shortly after [[V-E Day]], in May 1945, the squadron returned to the United States.<ref name=Maurer719BS/><ref name=Maurer449BG/>
 
The squadron reformed at [[Sioux Falls Army Air Field]], South Dakota at the end of May.  The 449th Group began training with [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] very heavy bombers.   However, very heavy bomber groups were authorized three squadrons, rather than the four squadrons of heavy bomber groups, and the squadron was inactivated In June 1945.<ref name=Maurer719BS/><ref name=Maurer449BG/>

===Arctic reconnaissance===
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[[File:Kee Bird Crew - Feb 1947.png|thumb|Crew of the [[Kee Bird]] which crash-landed in [[Greenland]], February 1947((efn|The aircraft was a Boeing B-29-95-BW Superfortress, serial 45-21768, later modified as an F-13.  The aircrew was rescued and the aircraft was abandoned.   A restoration was performed on the aircraft in 1994/95 and the plane was given the civil registration N70887.  An attempt was made to fly it from the crash site to [[Thule Air Base]], however a fire occurred during the takeoff attempt and the aircraft was destroyed. Baugher, ''1945 USAF Serial Numbers.''))]]
The squadron was reactivated in September 1945 [[Grand Island Army Air Field]], and began training on the B-29.  It was redesignated the '''46th Reconnaissance Squadron''' in June 1946.<ref name=Maurer719BS/>  Its new mission was to provide very long range reconnaissance as part of the newly established [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC). The 46th Reconnaissance Squadron was SAC's first operational unit.<ref>((Cite book|title=From kites to cold war : the evolution of manned airborne reconnaissance|last=Morton|first=Tyler|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-68247-481-5|location=Annapolis, MD|pages=158|oclc=1090697780))</ref> The squadron was equipped with eighteen reconnaissance-modified Superfortresses.  Eight of the aircraft were modified into the F-13A reconnaissance configuration, being fitted with special camera installations for photographic mapping and [[aerial reconnaissance]] work. The F-13As carried three K-17B, two K-22 and one K-18 cameras with provisions for others.  However, the standard B-29 bombing equipment and defensive armament were retained.((citation needed|date=March 2019))

Simultaneously with its redesignation, the squadron moved to [[Ladd Field]], Alaska with a mission to fly reconnaissance and photographic mapping missions over the [[Arctic]] and perform reconnaissance along the northern border of Soviet territory in the Arctic, as well as deep-penetration reconnaissance flights.  All of its missions were classified as Top Secret, the classification wasn't dropped until 2001.((citation needed|date=March 2019))  In August, the squadron was transferred from SAC to [[Alaskan Air Command]].<ref name=Maurer719BS/>

The squadron flew its first operational mission on 2 August 1946 from its base at Ladd, eventually flying more than 5,000 hours in the Arctic and over 1,000,000 miles in its first year of operations, testing material and the limits of flying personnel in the Arctic.   It made the first aircraft flight over the Geographic [[North Pole]] on 16 October 1946, eventually accomplishing over 100 flights to the pole and its immediate vicinity.    It performed photo mapping of 5,500,000 square miles of the Arctic, including areas for the strategic location of defense components, and future locations of radar sites along the northern Canadian region.  Exploratory flights were made to obtain information necessary to establish commercial airline service over the Arctic.((citation needed|date=March 2019))

When the squadron arrived in Alaska, large areas of the territory and northern Canada were largely unexplored.   The squadron developed means of polar navigation necessary due to the unreliability of magnetic compasses, and many existing maps of the region were unreliable.  The grid system of navigation was developed which enabled navigators to navigate to locations within one mile of accuracy.((citation needed|date=March 2019))

The squadron was inactivated on 13 October 1947.<ref name=Maurer719BS/>  Its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the [[72d Reconnaissance Squadron]], which was simultaneously activated. The 72d continued the arctic reconnaissance mission until moving to the United States in June 1949.<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 264-265</ref>  The two units are sometimes referred to as the 46th/72d Reconnaissance Squadron and a former alumni group was titled the 46th/72d Recon Association.<ref>((cite web |url= http://46th72nd.org/HistoryCDs.html |last1=Pandia|first1=Robert S.|title=46th/72nd Strategic Recon Squadrons 1946-1955|date=March 8, 2010|publisher=46th/72d Recon Association|access-date=March 22, 2019))</ref>

===Expeditionary operations===
[[File:46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron MQ-1B Predator Balad AB Iraq.jpg|thumb|46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron MQ-1B Predator at Balad AB Iraq]]
The squadron was converted to provisional status as the '''46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron''' and was assigned to the [[332d Expeditionary Operations Group]].<ref name=332EOGfacts>((cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433617/332-expeditionary-operations-group-acc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 332 Expeditionary Operations Group (ACC)|date=November 3, 2016|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=March 23, 2019))</ref>  It deployed to [[Ali Air Base|Tallil Air Base]], Iraq with the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]] as part of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] under the command of the [[332d Air Expeditionary Wing]]. Sometime between then and June 2004 the unit moved to [[Balad Air Base|Joint Base Balad]]. Sometime between June 2004 and 2009 the unit was renamed to "46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron". During May 2016 the unit was noticed operating from Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait, against Da'esh as part of the [[Military intervention against ISIL]] operating over [[American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)|Iraq]] and [[American-led intervention in Syria|Syria]] under the [[386th Air Expeditionary Wing]].

The squadron replaced its Predators with [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]]s, becoming the '''46th Expeditionary Attack Squadron'''.  It carried out its first mission with the Block 5 Reaper in support of [[Operation Inherent Resolve]] on 20 October 2017.  Squadron members prepare its UAVs for missions and control their takeoff and landing, During flight, they are handed off to pilots and sensor operators in the United States for control through satellite systems.<ref>((cite web |url= https://www.uasvision.com/2017/10/25/first-combat-mission-for-386th-air-expeditionary-wing-block-5-mq-9-reaper/ |author=No byline|title=First Combat Mission for 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper|date=October 25, 2017|publisher=UAS Vision|access-date=March 23, 2019))</ref>  Local control by the 46th is required during takeoff and landing due to the short delay inherent in the satellite based communications links used by controllers at [[Creech Air Force Base]], Nevada.<ref>((cite web |url= https://www.stripes.com/news/downrange-operators-keep-drones-flying-over-iraq-syria-and-afghanistan-1.461925 |last=Church|first=Chris|title=Downrange operators keep drones flying over Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan|date=April 4, 2017|publisher=Stars and Stripes|access-date=March 23, 2019))</ref>

==Lineage==
* Constituted as the  '''719th Bombardment Squadron''' (Heavy) on 6 April 1943
: Activated on 1 May 1943
: Redesignated '''719th Bombardment Squadron''', Very Heavy on 7 September 1945
: Inactivated on 11 June 1945
* Redesignated '''719th Bombardment Squadron''', Very Heavy on 7 September 1945
: Activated on 17 September 1945
: Redesignated '''46th Reconnaissance Squadron''' (Very Long Range, Photographic) on 1 June 1946
: Inactivated on 13 October 1947<ref name=Maurer719BS2>Lineage, including aircraft, assignments and stations, through 1963 in Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 718</ref>
* Converted to provisional status and redesignated: '''46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron''' c. 2003
: Activated c. 10 September 2003
: Inactivated c. 2011
* Redesignated '''46th Expeditionary Attack Squadron
: Activated c. 2013

===Assignments===
* 449th Bombardment Group, 1 May 1943 – 11 June 1945
* 449th Bombardment Group,  17 September 1945
* [[Fifteenth Air Force]] (SAC), 4 August 1946
* [[Alaskan Air Command]], 19 August 1946
* Yukon Sector, Alaskan Air Command, 1 October 1946 – 13 October 1947<ref name=Maurer719BS2/>
* [[332d Expeditionary Operations Group]], 10 September 2003 – c. 2011<ref name=332EOGfacts/>
* [[386th Air Expeditionary Wing]], unknown - present

===Stations===
* Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 May 1943
* Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 5 July 1943
* Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, 12 September–26 November 1943
* Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, 3 January 1944 – 15 May 1945
* Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 29 May-11 June 1945
* Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska, 17 September 1945
* [[Ladd Field]], Alaska, 1 June 1946 – 13 October 1947<ref name=Maurer719BS2/>
* [[Ali Air Base]], Iraq, c. 10 September 2003
* [[Balad Air Base]], Iraq, June 2004 - c. 2011
* [[Ali Al Salem Air Base]], Kuwait, c. 2013 – present<ref>((cite web |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-relies-on-persian-gulf-bases-for-airstrikes-in-iraq/2014/08/25/517dcde0-2c7a-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html?noredirect=on |last=Whitlock|first=Craig|title=U.S. relies on Persian Gulf bases for airstrikes in Iraq|date=August 26, 2014|publisher=UAS Vision|access-date=March 23, 2019))</ref>

===Aircraft===
* Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945
* [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]], 1945
* [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]], 1945–1947<ref name=Maurer719BS2/>
* Boeing F-13 Superfortess, 1945–1947<ref name=Maurer719BS2/>
* [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]], 2004–present
* General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, unknown-present

===Awards and campaigns===
((unit awards table
|award_image1=AF PUC
|award_name1=[[Distinguished Unit Citation]]
|award_date1=4 April 1944
|award_notes1=Bucharest, Rumania 719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|award_image2=AF PUC
|award_name2=Distinguished Unit Citation
|award_date2=9 July 1944
|award_notes2=Ploesti, Rumania 719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|award_image3=AF MUA 
|award_name3=[[Air Force Meritorious Unit Award]]
|award_date3=1 June 2009-31 May 2010
|award_notes3=46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=AFAwards>((cite web |url= http://access.afpc.af.mil/AwardsDMZNet40/SearchAwards.aspx |title=Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards|publisher=Air Force Personnel Center|access-date=March 25, 2019)) (search)</ref>
|award_image4=AF MUA 
|award_name4=Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
|award_date4=1 June 2010-31 May 2011
|award_notes4=46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=AFAwards/>
|award_image5=AF MUA 
|award_name5=Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
|award_date5=1 June 2011-19 December 2011
|award_notes5=46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=AFAwards/>
|award_image6=AF MUA 
|award_name6=Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
|award_date6=1 June 2011-31 May 2012
|award_notes6=46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=AFAwards/>
|award_image7=AF MUA 
|award_name7=Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
|award_date7=1 June 2015-31 May 2016
|award_notes7=46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=AFAwards/>
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! Dates
! Notes
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|[[File:Streamer AC.PNG|200px]] ||American Theater without inscription||1 May 1943 – 26 November 1943||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
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|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Air Offensive, Europe||c. 6 January 1944 – 5 June 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Naples-Foggia||c. 6 January 1944 – 21 January 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Air Combat, EAME Theater||c. 6 January 1944 – 11 May 1945||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Anzio||22 January 1944 – 24 May 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Rome-Arno||22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Central Europe||22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Normandy||6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Northern France||25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Southern France||15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||North Apennines||10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Rhineland||15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG|200px]]||Po Valley||3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945||719th Bombardment Squadron<ref name=Maurer719BS/>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||Iraqi Governance ||29 June 2004 – 15 December 2005||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=Centcom33995>((cite web |url= https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/news/Iraq%20Campaign.pdf?timestamp=1441284389049 |title=Special Order G-33995|date=14 July 2014|publisher=United States Air Forces Central Command |access-date=January 19, 2019))</ref>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||National Resolution||16 December 2005 – 9 January 2007||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=Centcom33995/>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||Iraqi Surge||10 January 2007 – 31 December 2008||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=Centcom33995/>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||Iraqi Sovereignty||1 January 2009 – 31 August 2010||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=Centcom33995/>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||New Dawn||1 September 2010 – 31 December 2011||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=Centcom33995/>
|-
|[[File:Iraq Campaign streamer (USMC).svg|200px]]||Consolidation III||1 December 2006 – 30 June 2011||46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref>((cite web |url= http://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/news/GWOT-E%20Campaign.pdf?timestamp=1441284353101 |title=Special Order G-33993|date=14 July 2014|publisher=United States Air Forces Central Command |access-date=February 21, 2016))</ref>
|-
|[[File:Streamer gwotE.PNG|200px]]||Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal|||| 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron<ref>((cite web |url= http://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/news/GWOT-E%20Campaign.pdf?timestamp=1441284353101 |title=Special Order G-33994|date=14 July 2014|publisher=United States Air Forces Central Command |access-date=February 21, 2016))</ref>
|}

==See also==

* [[Kee Bird]]

==References==
((Air Force Historical Research Agency))

===Citations===
; Explanatory notes
((notelist))

; Citations
((Reflist|40em))

===Bibliography===
* ((cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|access-date= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979))
* ((cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|access-date= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402))
* ((cite book|last=Watkins|first=Robert A.|title=Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force In World War II|volume=IV, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations|year=2009|publisher=Shiffer Publishing, Ltd.|location=Atglen,PA|isbn=978-0-7643-3401-6))
* ((cite book|last1=White|first1=Ken|title=World in Peril; The Origin, Mission, and Scientific Findings of the 46th/72nd Reconnaissance Squadron
|edition=2nd, Revised|year=1994|orig-year=1992|publisher=K.W. White & Assocs.|location=Elkhart, IN|isbn=1-883218-10-1))

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