95th Reconnaissance Squadron The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron ( 95 RS ) is a squadron of the United States Air Force . It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group , Air Combat Command , stationed at Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska . The squadron is equipped with several variants of the Boeing C - 135 aircraft equipped for reconnaissance missions . The 95 RS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force , first being organized as the 95th Aero Squadron on 20 August 1917 at Kelly Field , Texas . The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a pursuit squadron . During World War II the unit served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) as part of Twelfth Air Force as a B - 26 Marauder light bomber squadron , participating in the North African and the Southern France Campaign . In the Cold War , the squadron fought in the Korean War with B - 26 Invader medium bombers , then later as part of Strategic Air Command , flying TR - 1A Dragonlady reconnaissance aircraft supporting NATO . Mission . Conducts RC - 135 Rivet Joint flight operations in the European and Mediterranean theaters of operations as tasked by National Command Authorities and European Command . Provides all operational management , aircraft maintenance , administration , and intelligence support to produce politically sensitive real - time intelligence data vital to national foreign policy . Supports EC - 135 , OC - 135 , and E - 4B missions when theater deployed . Although it is a component of the 55th Operations Group , main flying operations are conducted from RAF Mildenhall , United Kingdom and Souda Bay , Crete . History . The 95th RS was originally activated as the 95th Aero Squadron ( a fighter unit ) on 20 August 1917 at Kelly Field in Texas . It deployed to various locations in France during World War I , initially at Issoudun . On 5 May 1918 , it was assigned to the 1st Pursuit Group . Well - known pilots with the 95th Aero Squadron who perished in World War I included Lt . Quentin Roosevelt , the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt , and Irby Curry . Both of them died while the squadron was based in Saints , France . A number of aces also served with the unit , including Lansing Holden , Sumner Sewall , Harold Buckley , Edward Peck Curtis , James Knowles , and one of its commanding officers , Captain David M . Peterson . After the war ended on 11 November 1918 , the 95th Aero Squadron was demobilized on 18 March 1919 . The 95th Aero Squadron underwent various activations and inactivations over the years and experienced numerous name changes . During World War II , it was known as the 95th Bombardment Squadron ( Medium ) and was a squadron in the 17th Bombardment Group that provided B - 25 Mitchells and crews for the Doolittle Raid and later flew the B - 26 Marauder in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations . After being inactivated on 25 June 1958 , it was redesignated as the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 January 1982 and reactivated at RAF Alconbury in the United Kingdom on 1 October 1982 . It flew U - 2 and TR - 1 aircraft in support of NATO and US Air Forces Europe missions . After the end of the Cold War , the 95th RS was no longer needed and the unit was inactivated on 15 September 1993 . This hiatus did not last long as the unit was reactivated on 1 July 1994 at RAF Mildenhall , this time flying the RC - 135 Rivet Joint , OC - 135 Open Skies and E - 4B aircraft .