451st Intelligence Squadron


The United States Air Force's 451st Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The 451st IS was previously inactivated at RAF Menwith Hill, UK, in 2015.

Mission

The 451st IS was again activated in 2019 "in order to conduct and execute Air Force and national analysis and reporting capabilities using tactical and national resources to provide intelligence products for U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Southern Command operations, plans and forces, and the execution of Air Force national and tactical integration operations."

History

The 451st IS' lineage descends from the 10th Radio Squadron, Mobile, activated at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 23, 1949 through Oct. 21, 1950. It was reconstituted and consolidated with the 6951st Electronic Security Squadron, May 1st, 1991, at Royal Air Force Menwith Hill Station, United Kingdom, and later became the 451st IS until inactivation, June 24, 2015.
The 451st IS was previously subordinate to the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, until the squadron was stood down in 2015. Upon its reactivation in 2019, it was assigned to the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group.

Previous designationsRogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978.