The 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group stationed at Key Field, Mississippi. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.
Constituted 30th Army Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 November 1940Activated on 30 November 1940Redesignated:
30th Observation Squadron on 14 August 1941Redesignated:
30th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942Redesignated:
30th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942Redesignated:
30th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 2 April 1943Redesignated:
30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943Disbanded on 1 May 1944.
Fourth Corps Area, 30 November 1940Third Army, 24 January 1941Second Army, c. May 1941II Air Support Command, 1 September 194175th Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944Atlanta Army Airfield, Georgia, 30 November 1940Tullahoma AAF, Tennessee, 29 June 1942Key Field, Mississippi, 17 August 1943 – 1 May 1944In addition to O-49, 1941–1943, O-47 and L-4, 1942–1943, and A-20, 1943Included O-38, 1941–1942O-52, 1942, and O-46, B-25, and DB-7, 1942–1943P-39, P-40, and P-51, 1943-1944.Operational/Replacement training unit, 1940–1944
