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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 tables of organization and equipment for all bombardment groups were roughly the same.In 1942, existing bomb groups were expanded from three to four numbered bombardment squadrons; and most bomb groups created during the war retained this structure - B-29 groups were the exception, having only three squadrons.
446th Bomb Group B-24s displaying the 1943 division and group marking scheme B-24s of the 458th Bomb Group, 96th Combat Bomb Wing, in 1944-45 color scheme Tail of a 100th Air Refueling Wing tanker displaying Square D in 2006. Groups were identified by a letter superimposed on the symbol.
Squadron Name Insignia Nickname Command Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 9th Bomb Squadron: Bats [321] Air Force Global Strike Command: Eighth Air Force: 7 BW: 14 June 1917 Dyess AFB, Texas: B-1B [322] DY: 11th Bomb Squadron: Jiggs Squadron [citation needed] Air Force Global Strike Command: Eighth Air Force: 2 BW: 26 ...
A squadron may include two or three subordinate flights. In turn the squadron may be part of a group and then a wing. An Air Force squadron is the basic unit of the service and may carry the lineage and honors of units over a century ago.
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
Also listed is the group's tail code—the noted letter would appear inside the geometric shape (for example, J means the letter J would appear inside a triangle). Some squadrons and groups also used specific color bands on the wings or empennage of their aircraft; such colorings are not presented here. Notes:
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)