31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

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The 31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was a United States Air Force unit that fought in the Korean War. The unit was attached to Far East Air Forces Fifth Air Force

Under the direct operational control of Far East Air Forces and with electronic countermeasures as the primary mission, the 31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) on June 29, 1950 began flying combat missions to provide FEAF Bomber Command with target and bomb-damage assessment photography. By July 12, it had moved to Japan in order to provide developed pictures as soon as possible. On October 18, foreshadowing the Chinese intervention, a 31st SRS RB-29 crew observed more than seventy-five enemy fighters parked at Antung Airfield, across the Yalu River. Effective November 15, the 31st SRS moved on paper to join the 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, California, to be replaced by the 91st SRS.

Stations:
* Johnson AB, Japan (June - November 1950)

Aircraft Flown:
* Boeing RB-29 Superfortress

ee also

* Pacific Air Forces
* Fifth Air Force

References

* Futrell, Robert Frank (1983) The United States Air Force In Korea, 1950-1953, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0912799714
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell * [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/rso_index.html] Air Force Historical Research Agency

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