43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, US Air Force
43RD ELECTRONIC COMBAT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Organized as 86 Aero Squadron on 17 Aug 1917. Demobilized on 26 May 1919. Reconstituted, and consolidated (1 Dec 1936) with 86 Observation Squadron, which was constituted and activated on 1 Mar 1935. Inactivated on 1 Sep 1936. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated as 86 Observation Squadron (Medium) on 26 Feb 1942; 86 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 86 Reconnaissance Squadron (Bomber) on 31 May 1943; 86 Combat Mapping Squadron on 13 Nov 1943; 43 Reconnaissance Squadron, Long Range, Photographic, on 16 Jun 1945. Inactivated on 22 Feb 1946. Redesignated as 43 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night-Photographic, on 14 Jan 1954. Activated on 18 Mar 1954. Redesignated as 43 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photo-Jet, on 8 Apr 1956. Inactivated on 18 May 1959. Redesignated as 43 Electronic Combat Squadron on 6 Jun 1986. Activated on 1 Oct 1986. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1991. Activated on 1 May 1992.
Air Park in Zone of Advance, Sep 1918–Mar 1919. Patrols over Hawaiian waters, 7 Dec 1941–c. May 1942; combat in Central Pacific and Western Pacific, 14 Apr–8 Aug 1944; primarily aerial transportation, Feb–Jul 1945; reconnaissance in Southwest Pacific, 6 Jul–c. 5 Aug 1945. Photographic reconnaissance over the Southwestern US, Mar 1954–May 1959. Electronic countermeasures, 1987–1991 and 1992–. Provided crewmen and equipment for electronic combat operations during the Gulf War, 17 Jan–10 Mar 1991, and Kosovo, 1999.
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The Emblem was approved 5 November 1987.
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