10th Intelligence Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 10th Intelligence Squadron ( 10 IS ) is an intelligence unit located at Langley AFB , Virginia . The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 678th Bombardment Squadron , a United States Army Air Forces combat organization . It was part of the first Boeing B - 29 Superfortress group formed for the 58th Bombardment Wing , and served in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater as part of Twentieth Air Force . The squadron ' s aircraft engaged in very heavy bombardment operations against Japan . The squadron received the Distinguished Unit Citation for its combat operations on three occasions . When the unit was returned to the United States in 1945 it was redesignated as the 10th Reconnaissance Squadron , but it was inactivated in March 1946 . Mission . The 10th Intelligence Squadron ( 10 IS ) , teaming with the 30th Intelligence Squadron of Air Combat Command ( ACC ) , operates the multisource intelligence collection and dissemination Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System ( CARS ) , Deployable Ground Station - One ( DGS - 1 ) . Deployed or in - garrison , DGS - 1 is used to conduct information operations and integrates into the theater command , control , communications , computer and intelligence ( C4I ) architecture . It provides multisensor , correlated , near real - time information warfare products to warfighting command elements in peace , crisis and war . The 10 IS is operationally subordinate to the 9th Air Force through Central Air Force / A2 , Shaw AFB , South Carolina , and administratively subordinate to the 67th Intelligence Group , Kelly AFB , Texas . The squadron has two administratively subordinate operating locations ( OL ) . The 10 IS also provides administrative support to ACC ' s CSG . Lastly , the 10 IS operates the Senior Year Ground Maintenance Training Center providing sole source training for SENIOR YEAR units world wide . The 10 IS Commander operates to provide intelligence to the Air Operations Center and other national agencies . The Squadron integrates into the theater C4I architecture , collects , analyzes and correlates raw intelligence products , and provides indications and warning , target and order of battle analysis , battle damage assessment , mission planning support , targeting support , sensitive reconnaissance support and exercise support for warfighting command elements . It also provides overall logistical and communications support to the CARS DGS - 1 operations , which is ready for deployment within 72 hours of notification to disseminates near real - time correlated intelligence products to tactical warfighters , theater battle managers and national command authorities . History . World War II . The squadron was first activated as the 678th Bombardment Squadron on 1 March 1943 at Davis - Monthan Field , Arizona as one of the original squadrons of the 444th Bombardment Group . The 444th was assigned to the first B - 29 Superfortress wing , the 58th Bombardment Wing . After a period of organization at Davis - Monthan the squadron moved to Great Bend AAF , Kansas . for training , initially flying Boeing B - 17 Flying Fortress es , Consolidated B - 24 Liberator s and Martin B - 26 Marauder s . The group engaged in training on the new aircraft and its mission of long range precision bombing . At Great Bend , the squadron received early model B - 29s and prototype YB - 29s , however aircraft were still undergoing development and were frequently modified by Boeing technicians in the field while the squadron was undergoing training in Kansas . In November 1943 The 444th reorganized as a " Very Heavy " group and added the 7th Bombardment Maintenance Squadrons , which was paired with the 678th to maintain its B - 29s . Operations from India . In early April 1944 , the squadron left the United States and deployed to a former B - 24 Liberator airfield at Charra Airfield , India . The first airplane of the 444th group landed at Charra on 11 April 1944 . Due to the lack of revetments at Charra the squadron ' s airplanes were parked wingtip to wingtip on the field ' s shorter runway . Charra served only as a maintenance and staging base . Its runways were too short for a B - 29 to take off fully loaded . While the squadron was stationed there , all missions were flown from the bases of the other bombardment group s of the 58th Bombardment Wing . From India , the 678th planned to fly missions against Japan from advanced airfield s in China . However , all the supplies of fuel , bombs and spare parts needed to support operations from the forward bases in China had to be flown from India over The Hump . For this role , one aircraft from the squadron was stripped of combat equipment and used as a flying tanker . Each aircraft carried seven tons of fuel , but the amount that was delivered to China depended on weather , including headwinds and aircraft icing which increased the fuel consumption of the " tankers . " The squadron flew its first combat mission on 5 June 1944 against the Makasan railroad yards at Bangkok , Thailand . Ten days later the 678th participated in the first American air attack on the Japanese home islands since the 1942 Doolittle raid , staging through Chinese bases on a nighttime raid against the iron and steel works at Yawata , Japan . It returned to Yawata on 20 August on a daytime raid for which the unit was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation . Operating from bases in India and at times staging through fields in China , the group struck transportation centers , naval installations , aircraft plants and other targets in Burma , China , Thailand , Japan and Formosa . On 12 October 1944 the group reorganized . The 679th Bombardment Squadron and the four bombardment maintenance squadrons were disbanded and their personnel and equipment were transferred to 677th and the other squadrons of the group . As the new year started , Japanese advances forced withdrawal from the Chinese forward operating bases . Unable to continue attacks on Japan , the unit continued attacking targets in Southeast Asia . Operations from the Marianas . In the spring of 1945 the 444th and the other groups of the 58th wing moved to Tinian in the Marianas in order to continue operations against Japan . The group and squadron participated in the bombing of strategic objectives , strategic mining of the Inland Sea and in incendiary attacks on urban areas for the duration of the war . The 678th received a second Distinguished Unit Citation for attacking oil storage facilities at Oshima , bombing an aircraft plant near Kobe , and dropping incendiaries on Nagoya in May 1945 . The squadron struck light metal industries at Osaka in July 1945 , receiving a third Distinguished Unit Citation for this action . The squadrons ' s final mission was flown against Hikari , Japan on 14 August 1945 , the day before the Japanese surrender . 10th Reconnaissance Squadron . The 678th returned to the United States and Merced Army Air Field , California in November 1945 where it became part of Fourth Air Force of Continental Air Forces ( CAF ) . Shortly after arriving at Merced , the squadron converted to the reconnaissance mission and became the 10th Reconnaissance Squadron , Very Long Range ( Photographic ) . March 1946 saw more changes as the 10th squadron was reassigned to the 311th Reconnaissance Wing , which inactivated it at the end of the month . The squadron was activated again in the Air Force Reserve as the 10th Reconnaissance Squadron ( Photographic ) in 1947 at Rochester Airport , New York as a reconnaissance squadron . The squadron moved to Langley AFB , Virginia in June 1949 when Continental Air Command reorganized its reserve units according to the wing base organization system . At Langley it was colocated with the active duty 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group . It was assigned advanced trainers and trained for supporting Army ground units providing aerial photography with these second - line aircraft for battlefield intelligence . It received a few jet RF - 86A Sabres in late 1949 , however inactivated due to budget constraints in January 1950 . The squadron was reactivated as the " 10th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron " ' , part of active duty 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in 1952 . Due to Korean War the squadron had minimum personnel strength until mid - 1953 . The squadron gathered intelligence on a global scale using RB - 47E Stratojets , participating in a variety of SAC directed exercises and operations between 1953 and 1958 . These included numerous simulated combat missions and deployments , ranging from a few days to a few months . The squadron became non - operational in January 1958 as phased down for inactivation due to budget constraints , inactivating in July . The squadron reactivated as Tactical Air Command RF - 4C Phantom II reconnaissance squadron in 1966 , conducted replacement training for combat crew members being deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War . Inactivated in 1971 as part of the drawdown of forces assigned to Indochina . Modern Era . The 600th Electronic Security Squadron was activated as an intelligence squadron to provide support to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB , Virginia in 1992 . In 1993 the United States Air Force consolidated the 600th with the 10th and designated the consolidated unit the 10th Intelligence Squadron . Lineage . 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 600th Electronic Security Squadron Consolidated Squadrons