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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.
The Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra is a specialized strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s for the United States Air Force by General Dynamics from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, which itself was a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra.
Martin B-26B-15-MA Marauder Serial 41-31665 of the 558th Bomb Squadron Martin B-26B-50-MA Marauder Serial 42-95857 of the 556th Bomb Squadron. The 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) was constituted on 25 November 1942, and activated on 1 December 1942 at MacDill Field near Tampa, Florida The group had four operational squadrons, 556th (FW), 557th (KS), 558th (KX), and 559th (TQ) and was equipped ...
Re-designated: 1st Tow Target Squadron Biggs AFB, Texas, 1957–1960. 3d Tow Target Squadron (TAC) George AFB, California, 1957–1960. 4756th Tow Target Squadron (ADC) Tyndall AFB, Florida, 1957–1960: 8d Bombardment Squadron, TT Flight (PACAF) Re-designated: 6th Tow Target Squadron Johnson AB, Japan, 1957–1960. 17th Tow Target Squadron (ADC)
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.
The Martin RB-57D Canberra is a specialized high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber, a license-built version of the English Electric Canberra. It was used by the United States Air Force during the 1950s prior to operational use of the Lockheed U-2.
Soldiers from the 1st Commando Company parachute with their inflatable boats from an RAAF C-130H into Shoalwater Bay. The special forces of Australia trace their lineage to the commando units such as the Independent and Commando Companies and reconnaissance and intelligence gathering units such as Z Special Unit part of Special Operations Australia (code name Services Reconnaissance Department ...
The other predecessor of the 556th is the 656th Bombardment Squadron, a Strategic Air Command unit that flew Boeing B-47 Stratojets at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana from 1953 to 1963. The two squadrons were consolidated as the 556th in 1985.