27 Intelligence Squadron after winning the Grant Award
Active
1943–1945; 1990–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Intelligence
Size
Approximately 180[1]
Part of
Sixteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
Nickname(s)
Bat Outa Hell
Engagements
European Theater of Operations
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Insignia
27th Intelligence Squadron emblem[note 1][2]
27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
World War II Fuselage Code[note 2]
G2
Military unit
The 27th Intelligence Squadron is an active squadron of the United States Air Force, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, part of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, near Hampton, Virginia. It is assigned to the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing.
The squadron was first organized in February 1943 as the 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. After training in the United States, the squadron moved to the European Theater of Operations, where it engaged in combat until V-E Day. It earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for its work during Operation Overlord, the invasion of France, in the spring of 1944. It remained in Europe until late fall of 1945, when it returned to the United States and was inactivated.
^McGlinn, Marge (8 June 2015). "Swindell Award goes to the 27th Intelligence Squadron". Joint Base San Antonio Public Affairs. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 139–140
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