9th TRS Partial History

Constituted 761st BS(H) 19 May 1943; Activated 1 Jul 1943; Inactivated 26 Sep 1945
Redesignated 9th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Photographic) 29 April 1946; Inactivated 20 Oct 1947;
Redesignated 9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Electronics and Weather) 21 July 1953;
Redesignated 9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Photo-Jet) 15 May 1965;
Redesignated 9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 1 Oct 1966; Inactivated 31 August 1971
Redesignated 9th Space Operations Squadron 5 Feb 1999; Activated in the Reserve 1 October 1999

9th Tac Reconnaissace Squadron Submitted by Paul Duplessis	Submitted by Otis McCain
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41st Electronic Combat Squadron	42nd Tac EW Squadron
42nd Tac EW Squadron	Det 1, 25th Tac Recon Wing
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Submitted by Gene Cartee	Submitted by Gene Cartee
10th Tac Recon Wing	Submitted by Ron Darrah
Awarded to Capt P. E. Duplessis 41 TEWS - July 65 to March 66	F105 Wild Weasel Takhli RTAFB July 69 - July 70
	Submitted by Cliff Parrott
November 1962 - 1000 hours September 1965 - 1500 hours March 1966 - 1763 hours	Proposed by ?
Presented to: Col Paul Duplessis 2002	About The 823 Badge Of Honor "The Honorary Badge For The August 23, 1958 Battle, Offshore Island Crisis: Peoples Republic of China fired on Que Moy." Left to right, the medal inscription reads (In Chinese characters): First character = 8, second character = 2, Third character = 3, the next two characters = Battle, the next two characters = Honorary, and the last character = Badge.
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