| 55th Space Weather Squadron | |
|---|---|
,_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1137128.jpg) Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix[a] | |
| Active | 1944–1947; 1951–1961; 1962–1993; 1997–2002 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Weather reconnaissance |
| Nickname(s) | Polevaulters[1] |
| Engagements | Western Pacific Theater |
| Decorations | Army Meritorious Unit Commendation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Insignia | |
| 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron emblem[b][1][2] |  |
| 655th Bombardment Squadron emblem[c][2] | _-_Emblem.png) |
The 55th Space Weather Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 50th Operations Group at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 16 July 2002.
The squadron was first activated as the 655th Bombardment Squadron in 1944. After training in the United States, the squadron moved to the Pacific Theater in the spring of 1945, where, as the 55th Reconnaissance Squadron, it provided weather reconnaissance for Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bombing campaign against Japan. After V-J Day, the squadron returned to the United States and conducted weather reconnaissance until October 1947, when it was inactivated and its personnel and equipment transferred to another unit.
The squadron was reactivated at McClellan Air Force Base, California as the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron. Redesignated the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in 1954, the squadron flew weather reconnaissance missions until 1953, except for a brief inactive period in the early 1960s.
It was activated in 1997 under its most recent name, when it absorbed the resources of the 50th Weather Squadron, which had replaced the Air Force Space Forecast Center in 1994.
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- ^ a b "AWRA Organizational History: 55 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron". Air Weather Reconnaissance Association. Retrieved 18 February 2017. (reproducing Haulman, Daniel L. (15 Jul 1998), Lineage & Honors History 55 Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Force Historical Research Agency.)
- ^ a b Markus, et al., p. 144