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6007th Reconnaissance Group

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The 6007th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 6007th Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was discontinued on 9 August 1957.

History

Performed highly classified missions over the Soviet Union and Communist China and reconnaissance monitoring of the Korean De-militarized Zone (DMZ) during the early years of the Cold War. In 1955, the unit was equipped with Martin RB-57A-1 Canberra aircraft. The RB-57A-1s were RB-57A modified under Project Lightweight (later Project Heartthrob) with more powerful J65 engines, crew reduced from two to one, and all items not essential for the daytime photographic mission removed.Knaack, p. 315

Inactivated in 1957, mission taken over by the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

Much of this unit's history remains classified as of 2012.[http://airforcehistoryindex.org/search.php?q=6007%2FRECONNAISSANCE&c=u&h=25&F=1%2F1%2F1940&L= AFHRA Search 6007/RECONNAISSANCE]

Lineage

  • Designated as the 6007th Composite Reconnaissance Group, and organized on 11 August 1954

: Redesignated 6007th Reconnaissance Group (Composite) on 1 September 1954

: Discontinued on 9 August 1957

=Assignments=

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  • 6021st Photographic Mapping Flight (Tactical Reconnaissance), 1 December 1953 (Attached from Fifth Air Force)

: Redesignated: 6021st Reconnaissance Squadron, 1 March 1955 – 9 August 1957

: Attached to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: 1 July-9 August 1957

  • 6023d Radar Evaluation Flight, 18 March 1954 – 3 July 1956 (Attached from Fifth Air Force)
  • 6091st Reconnaissance Flight, 1 December 1953 (Attached from Fifth Air Force)

: Redesignated: 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron, 20 December 1954 – 9 August 1957

: Attached to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing: 1 July-9 August 1957

  • 548th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, 1 July 1955 – 9 August 1957 (attached to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 1 July 1957){{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=18959|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 548 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (AFISRA)|date=20 April 2012|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927102927/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=18959|archive-date=27 September 2015|df=mdy-all}}

=Stations=

  • Yokota AB, Japan, 11 August 1954 – 9 August 1957

=Aircraft=

=6091st Reconnaissance Squadron=

=6021st Reconnaissance Squadron=

=6023d Radar Evaluation Flight=

See also

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References

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{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

  • {{cite book|last=Knaack|first=Marcelle Size|title=Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems|volume=2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945-1973|year= 1988 |publisher= Office of Air Force History|location= Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-59-5 }}

Further reading

  • Brugioni, Dino A (2010), Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA and Cold War Aerial Espionage, Naval Institute Press, {{ISBN|159114082X}}

Category:Military units and formations established in 1950

Category:Four digit groups of the United States Air Force

Category:Reconnaissance groups of the United States Air Force