451st Intelligence Squadron

The United States Air Force's 451st Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Fort Gordon, Georgia.[2] The 451st IS was previously inactivated at RAF Menwith Hill, UK, in 2015.[3]

451st Intelligence Squadron
Emblem
Active1949-55; 1991-2015; 2019-Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeIntelligence
Part ofAFISRA/480th ISR Wing[1]
Garrison/HQFort Gordon, Georgia
Motto(s)"On The Cutting Edge"
DecorationsAFOUA
Commanders
Current
commander		Lt. Col. James Fagan

Mission

The 451st IS was again activated in 2019 "in order to conduct and execute Air Force and national analysis and reporting capabilities using tactical and national resources to provide intelligence products for U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Southern Command operations, plans and forces, and the execution of Air Force national and tactical integration operations."[4]

History

The 451st IS' lineage descends from the 10th Radio Squadron, Mobile, activated at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 23, 1949 through Oct. 21, 1950. It was reconstituted and consolidated with the 6951st Electronic Security Squadron, May 1st, 1991, at Royal Air Force Menwith Hill Station, United Kingdom, and later became the 451st IS until inactivation, June 24, 2015.[5]

The 451st IS was previously subordinate to the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group[6], until the squadron was stood down in 2015. Upon its reactivation in 2019, it was assigned to the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group[7].

Previous designations[8]
  • 451st Intelligence Squadron (1 April 2007 – 24 June 2015; 11 July 2019 – Present)
  • 451st Information Operations Squadron (1 October 2000 – 1 April 2007)
  • 451st Intelligence Squadron (1 October 1993 – 1 October 2000)
  • 6951st Electronic Security Squadron (1 May 1991 – 1 October 1993)
  • 10th Radio Squadron, Mobile (9 November 1949 – 8 May 1955)

Bases stationed

Decorations
  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award [9]
    • 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005
    • 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003 (with Valor device)
    • 1 October 1994 – 30 September 1995
    • 1 October 1993 – 30 September 1994

References
  1. https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/1993427/fagan-assumes-command-of-451st-is/
  2. https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/1993427/fagan-assumes-command-of-451st-is/
  3. "Intelligence squadron, detachment inactivate after decades of service". Twenty-Fifth Air Force. June 29, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  4. https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/1993427/fagan-assumes-command-of-451st-is/
  5. https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/1993427/fagan-assumes-command-of-451st-is/
  6. AF FOIA: "451 IS Lineage and Honors"
  7. https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/1993427/fagan-assumes-command-of-451st-is/
  8. Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0
  9. AF FOIA Request 2009-01965, 13 July 2009


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