4th Space Operations Squadron, US Space Force

4TH SPACE OPERATIONS SQUADRON, US SPACE FORCE

History: Constituted as 4 Photographic Squadron on 15 May 1941. Activated on 10 Jun 1941. Redesignated: 4 Mapping Squadron on 13 Jan 1942; 4 Photographic Mapping Squadron on 9 Jun 1942; 4 Photographic Charting Squadron on 11 Aug 1943; 4 Reconnaissance Squadron, Long Range, Photographic, on 15 Jun 1945; 4 Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic, on 20 Nov 1945. Inactivated on 14 Apr 1946. Redesignated 4 Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic, on 5 Sep 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 20 Sep 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 4 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, on 9 May 1952. Activated on 28 May 1952. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1958. Redesignated 4 Space Operations Squadron on 1 Apr 1992. Activated on 30 Apr 1992.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

Air Force Emblems approved on 20 Aug 1992; Space Force emblem approved on 30 Sep 2022

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