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Offutt AFB RC-135 38th RS

Offutt AFB RC-135 38th RS poster art.

The 38th Reconnaissance Squadron is part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operates the RC-135 aircraft conducting reconnaissance missions. Established in late 1942 as a P-38 Lightning fighter squadron, trained under Second Air Force in the pacific northwest. Deployed to the European Theater of Operations, assigned to VIII Fighter Command in England in late 1943.  The current mission of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron is to provide RC-135 aircraft and personnel to conduct global reconnaissance for national intelligence agencies, key decision makers and warfighters. The RC-135 is a large reconnaissance aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.