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Vtg US Air Force Wall Plaque – 54th WEA RECON SQUADRON – USAF – Weather Recon. This plaque is in good condition. 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. The 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1987. The squadron was first organized as the 654th Bombardment Squadron in August 1944. Flying de Havilland Mosquitos, the squadron provided weather and photographic reconnaissance and radar countermeasure support for VIII Bomber Command until V-E Day. Redesignated the 54th Reconnaissance Squadron it deployed to the Pacific, but arrived after hostilities had ended. It served until inactivating in 1947. Redesignated the 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, the squadron resumed weather reconnaissance flights from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, including some supporting forces in the Korean War. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force website of agency test->. European Theater of Operations, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Popeye. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.