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STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE

WING

The 4080th SRW designation changed from 4080th SRW to 100th SRW on 11 February 1966, resulting in a renumbering of the U-2 squadron from 4028th SRS to 349th SRS and the 4025th SRS to the 350th SRS.
On 11 July 1970 the force was moved from Bien Hoa to U-Tapao (OL-RU) in Thailand. Just prior to the move, OL-20 was upgraded to full squadron status and designated the 99th SRS. In January 1973, the U-2s of the 99th SRS flew more than 500 combat hours. That was the first time any U-2 outfit flew 500 hours in a single month. That was topped in December 1974 when they logged more than 600 hours. (photo below and below left from David G Arrieta who is on the far left in top photo)


The U-2s were one of the last units to be pulled out of Thailand in March 1976 and deployed to other OL's around the globe. The Dragon Lady had proved to be a quite capable and reliable reconnaissance platform
The 100th SRW, 99th SRS U-2 assets was amalgamated with the 9th SRW in 1976 and it brought all the reconnaissance assets under one command as the 9th SRW already controlled the 1st SRS, SR-71 Blackbird Operations and the 349th SRS and the 350th SRS became AREFS Tanker units of the 100th Air Refuelling Wing in support of the SR-71 Blackbird.
		The 100th SRW performed world wide surveillance mission like the monitoring of the ceasefire between the Israelis/ Egyptians following the 1973 war. This operation was operated from RAF Akortiri in Cyprus and was named operation OLIVE HARVEST - Operating Location OL-OH
100th STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING OL-OH -(CYPRUS)	100th SRW OL-OH
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349th

STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

U-2 DRAGON LADY

350th

STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

DC-130 / DRONES

100th SRW OL-8

J15+

100th SRW

QC & E MSEP EVALUATION

COLOUR SCAN & PATCH WANTED

100th SRW OL-OH

Thanks to Alec Fushi.

100th STRATEGIC RECONNAISSANCE WING SUPPORT SQUADRONS

100th AMMS ( DRONE UNIT)		100th OMS
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100th FMS?
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100th AMS	100th AMS		100th AMS "NEPHO" PHOTO
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100th OMS/99th SRS ? U-TAPAO- THAILAND U-2 DRAGON LADY	100th FMS/ 99th SRS? U-TAPAO- THAILAND	100th OMS/99th SRS? U-TAPAO-THAILAND Patch seen on page 219 of the 4080th/100thSRW 20 Year History Book	100th OMS/ 99th SRS? U-TAPAO- THAILAND No Bottom lettering/ did it have the Dragon Lady wording removed as well?
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100th OMS/ 99th SRS? U-TAPAO- THAILAND
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