41st Electronic Combat Squadron

41st Electronic Combat Squadron
41st Electronic Combat Squadron EC-130H Compass Call 73-1581
Active	1917–1946; 1954-1959; 1965-1969; 1980-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Electronic Warfare
Nickname(s)	Scorpions
Engagements	World War I World War II Vietnam Saudi Arabia
Insignia
41st Electronic Combat Squadron emblem (approved 3 January 1933)

The 41st Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. Its current assignment is with the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona as a geographically separated unit from its parent wing, the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 14 June 1917, when it was organized at Kelly Field, Texas. It served overseas in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The squadron also saw combat during World War II, and became part of Tactical Air Command (TAC) during the Cold War.

The squadron was an observation unit with French XVII and XXXII, and American III and IV Army Corps, 16 August – 11 November 1918.

It provided air defense for Panama Canal, January 1942 – May 1944, with occasional antisubmarine patrols over the Caribbean and Pacific, especially during May and June 1942; deployed to Western Pacific in June 1945, but never entered combat.

The squadron was reactivated at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, where it was assigned to the 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group and equipped with Douglas RB-26 Invader aircraft. In 1956 as deliveries of the Douglas RB-66B Destroyer to the Air Force increased, the squadron was equipped with the newer jet aircraft.

The unit engaged in combat in Southeast Asia, c. November 1965 – 31 October 1969.

Command, control, and communications countermeasures, 1982–. Electronic countermeasures in Southwest Asia, 27 August 1990 – 17 April 1991.