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The '''74th Reconnaissance Squadron''' is an active [[United States Air Force]] unit, part of the [[9th Reconnaissance Wing]] at [[Beale Air Force Base]], California.  The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was first active during [[World War II]] as the '''74th Aero Squadron'''.  In 1933 it was consolidated with the '''74th Pursuit Squadron''', which had been organized as a [[military reserve force|reserve]] training organization in 1927, activating in the [[Panama Canal Zone]], where it served during [[World War II]] as the '''74th Bombardment Squadron'''.

During the Korean War, the [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was redesignated the '''135th Bombardment Squadron''' and assigned to the [[106th Bombardment Wing]], a federalized [[United States Air National Guard|Air National Guard]] unit, at [[March Air Force Base]], California.  It was inactivated on 1 December 1952 when the 106th Wing was returned to the National Guard and replaced by the regular [[320th Bombardment Wing]].  The squadron was reactivated as a reconnaissance unit in December 2019.

==History==
===Aero Squadron===
The first predecessor of the [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was established at [[Waco, Texas]] in February 1918 as the '''74th Aero Squadron''',<ref group=note>This was the second Air Service unit designated as the 74th Aero Squadron.  The first had been redesignated as the [[486th Aero Squadron]]</ref> In July 1918, the 74th moved to the [[New York City]] area, where it served, probably with [[Airco DH.4]] aircraft as a tactical defense unit until it was demobilized in January 1919. It was again organized at [[Langley Field]], Virginia in June, but was again demobilized on 25 September 1919<ref name=Maurer74BS/>

===Interwar years===
[[File:74th Attack Squadron flight Northrup A-17s.jpg|thumb|Flight of 74th Attack Squadron A-17s over Panama]]
[[File:74th Attack Squadron flight Northrup A-17 Ground Crew.jpg|thumb|74th AS Northrup A-17 closeup with ground crew, 1939]]
The second predecessor of the unit was constituted as the '''74th Attack Squadron''' in October 1927 as a Regular Army Inactive unit and allotted to the [[Eighth Corps Area]].  Although inactive as a regular unit, it was partially organized with [[military reserve force|reserve]] personnel at [[Fort Crockett]], Texas.  [[Organized Reserve]] officers assigned to the unit participated in summer training at Fort Crockett with elements of the [[3d Attack Group]].   In May 1929, it was redesignated the '''74th Pursuit Squadron''' and assigned to the [[18th Operations Group|18th]], then to the [[20th Pursuit Group]] for administration.<ref name=Clay>Clay, p. 1425</ref>

The squadron was activated as a regular unit in October 1933 at [[Albrook Field]], [[Panama Canal Zone]] and equipped with [[Boeing P-12]]s, while its reservists remained at Fort Crockett.<ref name=Clay/> It was assigned to the [[16th Pursuit Group]] at Albrook.  Three years later the two squadrons were consolidated into a single unit. The squadron was redesignated the '''74th Attack Squadron''' on 1 September 1937 and equipped with [[Northrop A-17]]s.<ref name=Maurer74BS/>

Reorganized and redesignated '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' on 1 November 1939. Redesignated as the 74th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 December 1939. Relieved from assignment to the 16th Pursuit Group.  Designated as the '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' (Medium) at Albrook Field circa 5 March 1940, converting to Douglas [[B-18 Bolo]].  On 20 November 1940, the squadron was again re-designated as the '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' (Heavy). On 14 July, the squadron moved from Albrook to [[Howard Field]], in anticipation of receipt of its first Boeing [[B-17B Flying Fortress]] the following month.((citation needed|date=July 2021))

===World War II===
[[File:B-24D Liberators Rio Hato Panama 1944 41-24063.jpg|thumb|B-24D Liberators flying from Rio Hato Panama, 1944]]
The Squadron moved from Howard Field to [[Aguadulce Field]], Panama, on 8 November 1941 and, following the [[Pearl Harbor Attack]], moved to [[Rio Hato Army Airfield]] on 11 December.  By 16 January 1942, the unit had been transformed, and found itself at [[Guatemala City Airport]], Guatemala, equipped with six Boeing B-17B's and four B-17E's taken over and consolidated from other units. In August 1942, the Squadron was assigned to the [[40th Bombardment Group]] and this assignment lasted until 12 May 1943.  Began conversion to Consolidated [[B-24D Liberators]] in mid-1943.  By October 1943, the 74th was the only Sixth Air Force tactical unit still operating from Guatemala City Airport and, the following month, ended its association with the [[6th Bombardment Group]], when that organization was disbanded. It subsequently fell directly under [[VI Bomber Command]].

The period between April and August, the unit moved again to the remote [[Seymour Island AAF]] on the Galapagos Islands.  The move accomplished, the unit engaged in patrols over the eastern Pacific.  The unit returned to Aguadulce Field, Panama, on 13 February 1945 after only some seven months. In May. the Squadron moved to Rio Hato Field, remaining until the end of the war, being inactivated on 1 November 1946.

===Korean War===
The squadron was reactivated as the '''135th Bombardment Squadron''' on 27 March 1951.  It operated [[B-29 Superfortress]]es as part of the Federalized [[106th Bombardment Group]], [[New York Air National Guard]] that was elevated to active duty at [[March Air Force Base]], California during the [[Korean War]].  The 135th Bomb Squadron continued operations under SAC's [[Fifteenth Air Force]] until it was inactivated, with personnel and equipment being assigned to the [[320th Bombardment Wing]] when the guardsmen were relieved from active duty on 1 December 1952.

===Reconnaissance operations===
The squadron was redesignated the '''74th Reconnaissance Squadron''' and activated at [[Beale Air Force Base]], California in December 2019.  At Beale, it was assigned to the [[9th Operations Group]].<ref name=74RSfacts>((cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2484171/74-reconnaissance-squadron-acc/ |last1=Ream|first1=Margaret|title=Factsheet 74 Reconnaissance Squadron (ACC)|date=January 27, 2021|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=July 14, 2021))</ref>

==Lineage==
; 74th Aero Squadron
* Organized as the '''74th Aero Squadron''' (Service) on 22 February 1918
: Demobilized on 28 January 1919
* Organized on 17 June 1919
: Demobilized on 25 September 1919
* Reconstituted and consolidated with the '''74th Attack Squadron''' as the '''74th Attack Squadron''' c. 16 October 1936<ref name=74RSfacts2>Lineage information in Ream, Factsheet 74 Reconnaissance Squadron, except as noted.</ref><ref name=Clay/>

; 74th Reconnaissance Squadron
* Constituted as the '''74th Attack Squadron''' on 18 October 1927 and organized as a Regular Army Inactive unit<ref name=Maurer74BS/><ref name=Clay/>
: Redesignated '''74th Pursuit Squadron''' on 8 May 1929
: Activated on 1 October 1933
* Consolidated with the '''74th Aero Squadron''' c. 5 December 1936
: Redesignated '''74th Attack Squadron''' on 1 September 1937
: Redesignated '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' on 1 November 1939
: Redesignated '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' (Medium) on 6 December 1939
: Redesignated '''74th Bombardment Squadron''' (Heavy) on 20 November 1940<ref>((cite web|first=William |last=Conaway |url= http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.net/panama/74thbshistorytem.htm |title=74th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) |work=VI Bomber Command in Defense of the Panama Canal 1941 – 45))</ref>
: Redesignated '''74th Bombardment Squadron''', Heavy c. August 1943
: Inactivated on 1 November 1946
* Redesignated: '''135th Bombardment Squadron''', Medium on 27 March 1951
: Activated on 1 May 1951
: Inactivated on 1 December 1952
* Redesignated '''74th Reconnaissance Squadron''' on 4 December 2019
: Activated on 19 December 2019<ref name=74RSfacts2/>

===Assignments===
* Unknown, 1918–1919
* Allotted to [[Eighth Corps Area]] on 18 October 1927<ref name=Clay/>
* 18th Pursuit Group, 8 May 1929<ref name=Clay/>
* 20th Pursuit Group, 15 June 1932<ref name=Clay/>
* 16th Pursuit Group, 1 October 1933
* [[6th Bombardment Group]], 1 February 1940<ref>((cite web|first=William |last=Conaway |url= http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.net/panama/6thbgphistorytem.htm |title=6th Bombardment Group (Heavy) |work=VI Bomber Command in Defense of the Panama Canal 1941 – 45))</ref>
* [[40th Bombardment Group]], 9 August 1942<ref>((cite web|first=William |last=Conaway |url= http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.net/panama/40thbgphistorytem.htm |title=40th Bombardment Group (Heavy) |work=VI Bomber Command in Defense of the Panama Canal 1941 – 45))</ref>
* 6th Bombardment Group, 12 May 1943
* [[VI Bomber Command]], 1 November 1943 – 1 November 1946<ref>((cite web|first=William |last=Conaway |url= http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.net/panama/vibchistorytem.htm |title=VI Bombardment Command History |work=Planes and Pilots of World War Two))</ref>
* 106th Bombardment Group, 1 May 1951
* 106th Bombardment Wing, 16 June – 1 December 1952
* 9th Operations Group, 19 December 2019 – present<ref name=74RSfacts2/>

===Stations===
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* Waco, Texas, 22 February 1918
* [[Call Field]], Texas, 1 March 1918
* [[Hazelhurst Field]], New York, 29 July 1918
* [[Roosevelt Field]], New York, September 1918
* [[Garden City, New York]], Unknown-28 January 1919
* Langley Field, Virginia, 17 June – 25 September 1919
* Fort Crockett, Texas, 18 October 1927
* [[Albrook Field]], Panama Canal Zone, 1 October 1933
* [[Howard Field]], Panama Canal Zone, 14 July 1941
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* [[Aguadulce Army Airfield|Aguadulce Airfield]], Panama, 8 November 1941
* [[Rio Hato Airfield]], Panama, c. 11 December 1941
* [[La Aurora International Airport|Guatemala City]], Guatemala, 9 January 1942
* Rio Hato Airfield, Panama, c. 7 April 1944
* [[Seymour Island Airfield]], [[Galápagos Islands]], Ecuador, c. 21 August 1944
* Aguadulce Airfield, Panama, 13 February 1945
* Rio Hato Airfield, Panama, 3. May 1945-1 November 1946
* March Air Force Base, California, 1 May 1951 – 1 December 1952
* Beale Air Force Base, California, 19 December 2019 – present<ref name=74RSfacts2/> 
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===Aircraft===
* DH-4 Liberty Plane, 1918–1919
* Boeing P-12, 1933–1937
* OA-3, 1933–1937
* B-6, 1933–1937
* Northrop A-17 Nomad, 1937–1940
* A-8, 1937–1940
* 0A-9, 1937–1940
* [[Douglas B-18 Bolo]], 1939–1942
* [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]], 1942–1943
* [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]], 1942–1946
* [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]], 1951–1952<ref name=Maurer74BS/>

==See also==

* [[List of American Aero Squadrons]]

==References==
===Notes===
; Explanatory Notes
((Reflist|group=note))

; Citations
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===Bibliography===
((AFHRA))
* ((cite book|last=Clay|first=Steven E.|title=US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941|url=http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/OrderOfBattle/OrderofBattle3.pdf|access-date=16 October 2012|volume=3 The Services: Air Service, Engineers, and Special Troops 1919–1941|year=2011|publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press|location=Fort Leavenworth, KS|isbn=978-0-98419-014-0|oclc=637712205|lccn=2010022326|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927135817/http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/OrderOfBattle/OrderofBattle3.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead))
* ((cite book|last=Hagdedorn|first=Dan|title=Alae Supra Canalem: Wings Over the Canal|year=1995|publisher=Turner Publishing|location=Nashville, TN|isbn=1563111535))
* ((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 |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|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402))

==External links==
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/044/435.xml AFHRA Document 00044435 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1918-1941]
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/044/436.xml AFHRA Document 00044436 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1941–1942]
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/044/458.xml AFHRA Document 00044458 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1942–1945]
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/044/437.xml AFHRA Document 00044437 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1944]
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/044/438.xml AFHRA Document 00044438 74th Bombardment Squadron, 1944]
* [http://airforcehistoryindex.org/search.php?q=SQUADRON%2F0135%2FBOMBARDMENT&c=u&h=100&F=1%2F1%2F1950&L= AFHRA 135th Bombardment Squadron, 1951–1952]
* http://www.footnote.com/image/#19955968 ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314052514/http://www.footnote.com/image/#19955968 |date=14 March 2010 ))
* http://www.footnote.com/image/#19067759 ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314052514/http://www.footnote.com/image/#19067759 |date=14 March 2010 ))
* ((cite web|first=William |last=Conaway |url= http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.net/panama/panama.htm |title=VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 – 45 |work=Planes and Pilots of World War Two))

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