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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.
The squadron was first activated in 1940 as the 52nd Bombardment Squadron in the build-up of the United States military prior to the country's entry into World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor , the unit began conducting antisubmarine missions over the Gulf of Mexico.
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 ...
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 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)
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.
Re-designated as the 9th Bombardment Squadron 24 March 1923; Organized by June 1929 in the Regular Army Reserve at Kelly Field, Texas. Activated on 1 April 1931, less Reserve personnel. Re-designated as the 9th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 6 December 1939. [31] Currently: 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas [32] 10th Aero Squadron: 31 May 1917
Pages in category "Bombardment squadrons of the United States Air Force" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 291 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .