Lineage: Constituted Air Base Squadron, 5 Air Base Group on 22 Aug 1940. Activated on 15 Sep 1940. Redesignated: 6 Air Base Squadron on 17 Jan 1941; 6 Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron on 13 Jun 1942. Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944. Reconstituted, and redesignated 6 Mission Support Squadron, on 22