 In keeping with Air Force historical policy, which, in part, emphasizes keeping units with long histories on the active rolls if possible, an organizational change request was submitted to the National Guard Bureau in 2014 requesting the 135th Airlift Squadron be reorganized and redesignated as the 135th Intelligence Squadron.While the request was still pending approval, the detachment began unofficially using the new designation.On 1 May 2016, the placeholder detachment was inactivated and its personnel officially became the 135th Intelligence Squadron.