161st Intelligence Squadron


The 161st Intelligence Squadron is a unit of the 184th Intelligence Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas. The 161st is a non-flying squadron operating the Distributed Common Ground System.

History

This squadron was Initially constituted and allotted to the Kansas Air National Guard on 1 July 1987 and received federal recognition on 12 September 1987 as the 161st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, falling under the 184th Tactical Fighter Group at McConnell AFB as an F-16 training squadron. The 161st TFTS; later Fighter Squadron, operated the F-16A/B/C/D's until it was inactivated on 1 August 1994 as the 184th Tactical Fighter Group; later Fighter Group, became the 184th Bomb Group; later Bomb Wing, and transitioned to the B-1B.
The squadron was reactivated as the 161st Intelligence Squadron on 1 April 2008 and assigned to the 184th Intelligence Wing, McConnell Air Force Base. The unit was constituted and allotted to the Kansas Air National Guard on 01 April 2008 as the 161st Intelligence Squadron, falling under Air Combat Command.
On 1 July 2008, the unit was assigned to the 184th Intelligence Group, under the 184th Intelligence Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, McConnell Air Force Base.
The 161st Intelligence Squadron received federal recognition effective 2 June 2010.

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