161st Intelligence Squadron

History

On 1 July 1987, the 161st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS) was established. Formal activation ceremonies for the 161st occurred on 12 September 1987. The unit was equipped with 10 F-16A/Bs and conducted its first student training class shortly after activation. The 161st TFTS began converting to the F-16 C/D when the first C/D model arrived in July 1990.

The squadron was inactivated on 1 August 1994 when the F-16s were withdrawn from McConnell and replaced by B-1Bs. The squadron was reactivated in 2008 as the 161st Intelligence Squadron.

Lineage

Constituted as the 161st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and allotted to Kansas ANG, on 1 July 1987

Extended federal recognition on 12 September 1987Redesignated: 161st Fighter Squadron on 16 March 1992Inactivated on 1 August 1994

Redesignated: 161st Intelligence Squadron and activated on 1 April 2008

Assignments

184th Tactical Fighter Group (later 184th Fighter Group, 184th Bomb Group). 1 July 1987 - 1 August 1994

184th Regional Support Group, 1 April 2008 -P resent

Stations

McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 July 1987 - 1 August 1994, 1 April 2008 – present

Aircraft

Block 1/5 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, 1987-90

Block 25 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 1990-94