Lineage. Constituted as 12 Weather Squadron on 19 Sep 1942. Activated on 24 Sep 1942. Inactivated on 3 Oct 1947. Activated on 1 Jun 1948. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969. Activated on 30 Jun 1972. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1983. Redesignated as 12 Operational Weather Flight on 5 Oct 2004. Activated in the Reserve on 4 Nov 2004.
Assignments. Twelfth Air Force, 24 Sep 1942; Army Air Forces Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1 Jan 1944; Army Air Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 19 Jan 1944 (attached to Army Air Force Service Command, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 19 Jan 1944-15 Nov 1945; Naples Air Forces General Depot, 15 Nov–c. 11 Dec 1945); 5 Weather Group, 11 Dec 1945; 6 Weather Group, 2 Aug 1946-3 Oct 1947. 102 Weather Group, 1 Jun 1948; 2102 Air Weather Group, 1 Oct 1948; 2059 Air Weather Wing, 24 Oct 1950; 2103 Air Weather Group, 16 Sep 1951; 3 Weather Group, 20 Apr 1952; 4 Weather Wing, 1 Jun 1959-31 Dec 1969. 3 Weather Wing, 30 Jun 1972; 5 Weather Wing, 1 Apr 1980-1 Oct 1983. 932 Operations Group, 4 Nov 2004; 403 Operations Group, 1 Oct 2017-.
Stations. Camp Griffiss, England, 24 Sep 1942; Tafaraoui, Algeria, 11 Nov 1942; Algiers, Algeria, 6 Jan 1943; Mt Vesuvius, Italy, 21 Feb 1944; Caserta, Italy, 30 Mar 1944; Naples, Italy, Sep 1945; Casoria, Italy, 8 Jan 1946; Wiesbaden, Germany, 29 Jan 1946-3 Oct 1947. Mitchel AFB, NY, 1 Jun 1948; Stewart AFB, NY, 10 Sep 1951; Hancock Field, NY, 4 Jul 1959; Stewart AFB, NY, 19 Jun 1964-31 Dec 1969. Colorado Springs, CO, 30 Jun 1972-1 Oct 1983. Scott AFB, IL, 4 Nov 2004; Keesler AFB, MS, 1 Oct 2017-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Algeria-French Morocco; Rome-Arno.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 May 1966-30 Apr 1968; 1 Jul 1976-30 Jun 1978; 1 Jul-30 Sep 1983; 1 Sep 2005-30 Sep 2006; 1 Oct 2011-30 Sep 2013; 1 Jan 2015-31 Dec 2017.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 10 Jul 2023.
Supersedes statement prepared on 11 Jul 2013.
Emblem. Approved on 24 Aug 1944. Emblem requires modification for format. Organization should submit proposal IAW current heraldic standards set forth in DAFI 84-105, Chap. 3. Contact local supporting historian or MAJCOM history office for assistance.
Prepared by Melissa Lahue.
Reviewed by Margaret Ream.