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Squadron B-26 "Short Snorter", showing mission markings [c]. The 556th Bombardment Squadron was activated at MacDill Field, Florida on 1 December 1942 as one of the four squadrons of the 387th Bombardment Group and trained at bases in the southeastern United States with Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers until June 1943, when it deployed to the European Theater of Operations.
Was a B-57 Canberra Night Bombardment Squadron at Laon AB, France 1955–1958, converted to tactical missiles at Bitburg AB, 1958. 74th Air Defense Missile Squadron: Duluth AFMS: CIM-10 Bomarc 1960–1972 1960–1972 Re-designated as the 74th Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985 while remaining inactive. 87th Tactical Missile Squadron
The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron is the Air Force's first operational test squadron for unmanned aircraft. It provides support to UAS operations worldwide, through force development evaluations, the development of training, tactics and procedures, systems expertise and meeting warfighters' urgent need requests.
Martin B-57C Canberra from the 3d Bombardment Wing, Johnson Air Base, Japan, 1956. Shown in the original USAF black night motif. ... 556th Reconnaissance Squadron (RB ...
Convair SM-65F Atlas of the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron [c] In addition to the inactivation of the 308th Wing, 1961 was a year of other changes to the division's responsibilities. In January, the refueling squadrons at Plattsburgh were organized into the 4108th Air Refueling Wing , which was assigned to the division.
The squadron's present-day successor unit is the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, ... RB-57F Canberra, 1965–1968; C-47 Skytrain, 1954–1968;
RB-57F Rivet Chip 63-13296 of the 58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Webb AFB, Texas on 8 March 1965. MATS (and its successor organization Military Airlift Command ) was frequently used by the USAF for clandestine, special operations missions prior to the establishment of Air Force Special Operations Command in the 1980s.
1 556th Squadron tie-in to drone reconnaissance during Vietnam. ... 2.1 4025th Reconnaissance Squadron. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: 556th Test and Evaluation ...