[2][4] In September it moved to Casper Army Air Field, where it became a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Replacement Training Unit until 1943, when it converted to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

[2][9] In August 1944, the squadron was reactivated as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress unit at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas and assigned to the 346th Bombardment Group.

Although the war ended before the squadron could begin operations, a few of its crews formed part of its advanced echelon and flew missions with B-29 units of Twentieth Air Force.

That month, the Air Force began Project Phyllis Ann, which modified 35 Douglas C-47 Skytrains by installing AN/ARD-18 direction finding equipment in them.

[12] In July 1966, Detachment 1 of the 361st Reconnaissance Squadron was established at Pleiku Air Base, although its first "Electric Goon" did not arrive until December.

The squadron provided close tactical support for the Marines during Operations Prairie II III and IV.

It also engaged in visual reconnaissance, not only detecting enemy vehicles, but occasionally locating transmitters on the open seas and providing that information to the Navy for its Operation Market Time blockade.

During the battle, squadron identification of the location of enemy units was used to target Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strikes on "known base areas, infiltration routes and strong points."

[16] In early 1968, operations near the DMZ near Khe Sanh increased, with two of the squadron's planes flying daily missions in the area.