[2] On 8 August 1944 the organization was made permanent and the 325th replaced the 8th as the headquarters for Eighth Air Force's photographic and weather reconnaissance units.

The 325th wing base laboratory provided photographs of enemy fortifications and troop dispositions vital to employment of ground forces, while Eighth Air Force daylight precision bombing of industrial and military targets required vast quantities of aerial photographs for target material.

The wing also flew photographic missions in support of Operation Market Garden, the airborne attacks in the Netherlands, in September 1944.

[4] To fill demands for photographic reproduction, the best available equipment (American and British) was obtained and supply requirements and channels were established.

[9] The wing was reactivated as a reserve unit under Air Defense Command (ADC) on 9 April 1947 at Hamilton Field.

It was assigned reserve reconnaissance units stationed at Hamilton[10][11] and at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.