Editing 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (section)

==Lineage==
* Constituted as the '''3rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron''', Air Route, Medium on 7 August 1944
: Activated on 31 August 1944
: Redesignated '''3rd Reconnaissance Squadron''', Weather, Heavy on 26 January 1945
: Redesignated '''53rd Reconnaissance Squadron''', Long Range, Weather on 15 June 1945
: Redesignated '''53rd Reconnaissance Squadron''', Very Long Range, Weather on 27 November 1945
: Inactivated on 15 October 1947
* Redesignated '''53rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron''', Medium, Weather on 22 January 1951
: Activated on 21 February 1951
: Redesignated '''53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron''' on 15 February 1954
: Discontinued on 18 March 1960
* Organized on 8 January 1962
: Inactivated on 30 June 1991
* Activated in the reserve on 1 November 1993<ref name=53WRSfacts/>

===Assignments===
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* [[North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command]], 31 August 1944
* [[Air Transport Command]], 12 January 1945
* [[311th Photographic Wing]] (later 311th Reconnaissance Wing), 15 February 1945
* Air Transport Command, 13 March 1946
* [[Air Weather Service]], 20 March 1946&nbsp;– 15 October 1947
* 2108th Air Weather Group, 21 February 1951
* Air Weather Service, 2 May 1951
* [[9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing#History|9th Weather Group]], 20 April 1953
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* 2058th Air Weather Wing, 25 November 1953
* [[2d Weather Wing]], 8 February 1954&nbsp;– 18 March 1960
* 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group, 8 January 1962
* [[9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing]], 1 July 1965
* 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 September 1975
* [[Air Rescue Service]], 1 August 1989&nbsp;– 30 June 1991
* [[403rd Operations Group]], 1 November 1993 – present<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
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===Stations===
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* Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, 31 August 1944
* [[Grenier Field]], New Hampshire, 9 November 1944
* Morrison Field, Florida, 8 November 1946&nbsp;– 21 July 1947
* Kindley Field, [[Bermuda]], 17 August – 15 Oct 1947
* Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, 21 February 1951&nbsp;– 5 November 1953
* Burtonwood Air Depot (later RAF Burtonwood), England, 7 November 1953
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* [[RAF Alconbury]], England, 25 April 1959
* [[RAF Mildenhall]], England, 10 August 1959&nbsp;– 18 March 1960
* Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, 8 January 1962&nbsp;– 1 July 1963
* Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia, 31 August 1963
* [[Ramey Air Force Base]], [[Puerto Rico]], 15 June 1966
* Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1 July 1973&nbsp;– 30 June 1991
* Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1 November 1993 – present<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
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===Aircraft===
[[Image:WC130H.jpg|thumb|right|53rd WRS WC-130H]]
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* [[List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants|Boeing RB-17 Flying Fortress]] (1945–1946)
* Boeing TB-17 Flying Fortress (1945–1947)
* [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] (1946–1947)
* [[North American WB-25D Mitchell]] (1944, 1946–1947)<ref name="b29wr">{{cite web | last =Robison| first =Tom| url= http://www.awra.us/The%20B-29%20in%20Weather%20Reconnaissance%20by%20Tom%20Robison.htm|title = The B-29 in Weather Reconnaissance| publisher = Air Weather Reconnaissance Association| access-date=3 September 2010}}</ref>
* Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1946–1947)
* [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants#WB-29|Boeing WB-29A Superfortress]] (1951–1956)
* [[Boeing WB-50D Superfortress]] (1956–1960, 1962–1963)
* [[Boeing WB-47E Stratojet]] (1963–1969)
* Lockeed C-130 Hercules (1965)
* Lockeed WC-130A/B/E/H Hercules (1965–1991, 1993–2006)
* Lockeed RC-130 (1974-1975)
* Lockeed HC-130 Hercules (1976)
* Lockheed WC-130J Hercules (1999–present)<ref>Not including series, aircraft in Robertson, Factsheet 53 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), except as noted.</ref>
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===Awards===
{{unit awards table
|award_image1=USA MUC 
|award_name1=[[Meritorious Unit Citation]]
|award_date1=23 May 1945 – 31 October 1945
|award_notes1=3d Reconnaissance Squadron (later 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron)<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image2=AF OUA
|award_name2=[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]
|award_date2=1 December 1958–30 September 1959
|award_notes2=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image3=AF OUA
|award_name3=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date3=1 July 1967 – 30 June 1968
|award_notes3=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image4=AF OUA
|award_name4=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date4=1 January 1971 – 31 December 1971
|award_notes4=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image5=AF OUA
|award_name5=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date5=1 September 1975 – 1 May 1977
|award_notes5=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image6=AF OUA
|award_name6=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date6=16 July 1977 – 16 July 1979
|award_notes6=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image7=AF OUA
|award_name7=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date7=17 July 1979 – 15 June 1981
|award_notes7=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image8=AF OUA
|award_name8=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date8=1 April 1984 – 31 March 1986
|award_notes8=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image9=AF OUA
|award_name9=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date9=1 April 1986 – 31 March 1988
|award_notes9=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image10=AF OUA
|award_name10=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date10=1 November 1993 – 30 April 1994
|award_notes10=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image11=AF OUA
|award_name11=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date11=1 May 1994 – 30 April 1996
|award_notes11=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
|award_image12=AF OUA
|award_name12=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date12=1 May 1996 – 31 August 1997
|award_notes12=53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron<ref name=53WRSfacts/>
}}