4416th Intelligence Squadron

Old version of the 4416th Intel Sq patch for the closed 4404th Wing (P). Flew back-end of RC-135's out of PSAB. The 4416th Intelligence Squadron, deployed to at Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, provides direct, near- real- time reconnaissance information and electronic support to the combat forces in the Joint Task Force- South West Asia area of responsibility under the cease- fire conditions and the United Nations-mandated restrictions of Operation Southern Watch. Located on the Arabian Peninsula. Operational control resides with the 4409th Operations Group (Provisional) and administrative control with the 67th IG. The squadron consists of approximately 115 people serving in five branches providing intelligence support to USCENTCOM, JTF-SWA, and national level agencies.

JTF- SWA performs the Operation Southern Watch mission of monitoring and controlling airspace south of the 32nd Parallel in Southern Iraq using Air Forces deployed to the Arabian gulf region by the U. S. Navy, the U. S. Air Force, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and the French Air Force. The role of the coalition forces is to monitor compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 688.

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