List of active United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons

This is a list of United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as bomb and fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are primarily assigned to Air Combat Command in the United States Air Force.

When squadrons are deployed on operations overseas their names are temporarily changed to include the word "expeditionary", although when they return the names revert. However, there are some units which include the word "Expeditionary" all the time; these squadrons are provisional and may activate and inactivate at any time.

Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadrons (ERS)

Squadron	Location	Unit	Aircraft	Note
4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron	Bagram Airfield		MC-12W	Inactivated on 1 October 2014.^[1]
46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron	S.W. Asia	387th Air Expeditionary Group	MQ-1	Previously at Joint Base Balad
60th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron	Camp Lemonnier		MQ-1B, MQ-9A	Inactivated on 7 October 2015.^[2]
62d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron				Inactivated.
361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron	Kandahar Airfield		MC-12W	Inactivated on 1 September 2014.^[1]
362d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron	Joint Base Balad		MC-12W	Inactivated.^[1]
363d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron				Inactivated. Previously at Prince Sultan Air Base.

Reconnaissance Squadrons (RS)

Squadron	Location	Nickname	Aircraft	Note
1st Reconnaissance Squadron	Beale AFB		U-2
5th Reconnaissance Squadron	Osan AB		U-2
6th Reconnaissance Squadron	Holloman AFB		RQ-1	^[3]
11th Attack Squadron	Creech AFB		RQ-1, MQ-1
12th Reconnaissance Squadron	Beale AFB		RQ-4
13th Reconnaissance Squadron	Beale AFB		RQ-4	Reserve Unit
15th Attack Squadron	Creech AFB	"Cotton Pickers"	RQ-1, MQ-1
17th Reconnaissance Squadron	Creech AFB		RQ-1, MQ-1
18th Reconnaissance Squadron	Creech AFB
30th Reconnaissance Squadron	Creech AFB		RQ-170
38th Reconnaissance Squadron	Offutt AFB	"Fighting Hellcats"	RC-135
45th Reconnaissance Squadron	Offutt AFB	"Sylvester"	OC/RC/TC/EC/WC-135
78th Reconnaissance Squadron	Nellis AFB	"Bushmasters"		Reserve Unit
82d Reconnaissance Squadron	Kadena AB	"Hog Heaven"	RC-135
95th Reconnaissance Squadron	RAF Mildenhall	"Kickin' Ass"	RC-135 OC-135 E-4
99th Reconnaissance Squadron	Beale AFB		U-2
111th Reconnaissance Squadron	Ellington Field	"Ace in the Hole"	MQ-1	Texas ANG
343d Reconnaissance Squadron	Offutt AFB
489th Attack Squadron	Beale AFB, CA		MQ-1 MQ-9