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Constituted in the Army Air Service as the 18th Observation Squadron on 10 June 1922; Consolidated on 17 March 1925, with the 18th Aero Squadron; Reorganized and re-designated 40th Attack Squadron on 1 March 1935; consolidated unit re-designated as the 18th Headquarters Squadron, Bolling Field, District of Columbia.; [34] Reconstituted and ...
Initially World War I 111th Aero Squadron, operated as a supply unit at Kelly Field, Texas, later re-designated as 632d Aero Squadron, demobilized 1919. Re-formed 1923, 36th Division, TX National Guard. Ordered to active service on 25 Dec 1940; allotted to ANG, on 24 May 1946; now 111th Reconnaissance Squadron [2] [5] [13] 112th Observation ...
A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force. [1] In most armed forces, two or more squadrons will form a ...
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a's, 25th Aero Squadron enlisted corps with squadron commander Capt Reed Landis, Croix-de-Metz Aerodrome 1918 Joseph "Child Yank" Boudwin with mechanics and his last S.E. 5a, "19" of the 25th Aero Squadron. HQ Second Army Air Service, 12 October 1918 – 15 April 1919 (Croix-de-Metz Aerodrome) (Toul)
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the United States Army Air Service" ... 19th Aero Squadron; 25th Aero Squadron; 50th Aero Squadron; 74th Aero Squadron;
A B-24 with squadron code 2C, denoting the 838th Bombardment Squadron of the 487th Bombardment Group (tail Square P) A B-17 with squadron code LL, denoting the 401st Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group (tail Triangle A) A B-17 with squadron code VE, denoting the 532d Bombardment Squadron of the 381st Bombardment Group (tail ...
The squadron code is usually presented along with an individual letter or character to form a call sign for the particular aircraft. Location of the call sign combination has usually been on the rear fuselage next to the RAF roundel. In instances when an unusually large numbers of aircraft comprise the squadron, multiple squadron codes have ...
Members of the 1st Aero Squadron in Mexico, 1916. Following Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, on 9 March 1916, the 1st Aero Squadron was attached to Major General John J. Pershing's punitive expedition. It consisted of 11 pilots, 84 enlisted men (including two medics), a civilian mechanic, and was supported by an engineer officer and 14 men.