302d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

302d Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron
302d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron RF-84F Thunderflash 52-7347
Active	1943; 1944–1946; 1953–1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Engagements	China Burma India Theater Pacific Ocean Theater
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
Patch showing the 302d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron emblem

The 302d Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron was formed in September 1985 by the consolidation of three units which had served in the Army Air Forces or United States Air Force during World War II and the Cold War.

The 302d Transport Squadron was assigned to the 30th Transport Group and flew missions over the Hump in 1943, until Air Transport Command reorganized its foreign units on a station basis in late 1943.

The 320th Troop Carrier Squadron was assigned to the 509th Composite Group and was tasked with supporting the group's strike squadron, the 393d Bombardment Squadron through the transport of materials, including weapons components, in preparation for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was inactivated in 1946 after supporting Operation Crossroads.

The 302d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was assigned to the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, After equipping at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina it served with United States Air Forces Europe at Sembach Air Base, Germany and at Laon-Couvron Air Base, France. It was inactivated in 1959 and replaced by a unit flying more advanced aircraft.

The first squadron that was to form the 302d was the 302d Transport Squadron, which was activated in the summer of 1943 at Mohanbari Airport, India as one of the three squadrons of the 30th Transport Group when the India-China Wing, Air Transport Command expanded by adding three groups. The squadron drew its cadre from the 6th Transport Squadron, which had been stationed at Mohanbari since March 1942. For the next five months the squadron flew personnel, equipment and supplies from its base in India over the Hump to advanced bases in China.