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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...
The 52d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 68th Bombardment Wing , stationed at Chennault Air Force Base , Louisiana . It was inactivated on 15 April 1963.
Night Bombardment squadron, did not reach front lines by the time of the armistice. Demobilized: March 1919 Was the first night bombardment squadron in the AEF. Flew Dayton-Wright DH-4s from 1st Air Depot after the armistice looking for crashed aircraft for recovery. [35] [50] 156th Aero Squadron 10 December 1917
The squadron was first activated at Langley Field, Virginia, as the 52nd Bombardment Squadron in February 1940, one of the original squadrons of the 29th Bombardment Group. Its organization was part of the pre- World War II buildup of the United States Army Air Corps after the breakout of war in Europe.
The 22nd Bombardment Squadron became 22nd Air Refueling Wing in 1982, and the 2nd Bombardment Squadron became the 2nd Strategic Squadron in 1988, 28th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; B-52D, 1957–1971; B-52G, 1971–1977; 1977–1985 77th Bombardment Squadron 717th Bombardment Squadron (Reassigned to 4245 SW in 1960)
Assigned to the 52d Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, Twentieth Air Force, in Dalhart, Texas, Erwin and his unit left for the Asia-Pacific theater in early 1945. [1] [2] From February 25 to April 1 of that year, they participated in a series of unescorted bombing strikes against cities in the heart of Japan.
The 22nd Bombardment Group was detached from 14 November 1949 to 20 February 1950, during which time the wing controlled only the attached fighters of the 1st Fighter Wing. The bomb group was detached again for combat in Korea, 4 July – c. 31 October 1950, and during this period the wing controlled no aircraft.
First Day Bombardment Group 10 September 1918 – 17 December 1918 [8] (Amanty Aerodrome, then 23 September to Maulan Aerodrome) Major James L. Dunsworth, Commander [7] 11th Aero Squadron (Day Bombardment) 10 September 1918 – 17 December 1918 (De Havilland DH.4) 20th Aero Squadron (Day Bombardment) 10 September 1918 – 17 December 1918 (De ...