The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron plans and executes worldwide high-altitude combat surveillance and reconnaissance missions including peacetime intelligence gathering, contingency operations and conventional warfare. Operating the RQ-4B Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), the 12 RS provides signals intelligence and near real-time imagery intelligence to fulfill operational requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of the Secretary of Defense and unified commanders.
Reactivated at Beale AFB, California in 2001 operating unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft as part of the Global War on Terror. In March 2013, the squadron was re-assigned to the reactivated 69th Reconnaissance Group as part of the consolidation of the USAF Global Hawk mission.[3] The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron still operates from Beale Air Force Base in California.
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The History of the Unit is Based on Wingman Profile date of assignments, by Wiki and other Sources. ------------------------------------------------------------ Inquires for this Unit. please email to dwithers4@airforce.togetherweserved.com. Doug Withers, TWS Historian. This page was last modified on 14 March 2014
