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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.
307th Materiel Squadron, [2] 18 February 1942 – 1942; 348th Air Base Squadron [16] (later 348th Base Headquarters & Air Base Squadron): c. 28 May 1942 – 31 March 1944; 58th Sub Depot: c. 1 January – 31 March 44; 884th Military Police Company, Aviation (later 884th Guard Squadron): [17] c. 28 May 1942 – c. 31 March 1944
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.
Battle Creek ANGB, MI, 1958–1971. 123d Tactical Reconnaissance Group; 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RB-57B) Kentucky Air National Guard Louisville ANGB, KY, 1958–1965. 152d Tactical Reconnaissance Group; 192d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RB-57A/C) Nevada Air National Guard Reno ANGB, NV, 1961–1965. 158th Defense Systems ...
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 ...
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.
The XIII Corps was authorized by the National Defense Act of 1920, and was to be composed of units of the Organized Reserve located primarily in the Third Corps Area.The Headquarters and Headquarters Company were constituted on 29 July 1921 in the Regular Army, allotted to the Third Corps Area, and assigned to the Fourth Army.