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The 17th Special Operations Squadron (17 SOS) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, stationed at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma (WRANG).It is an active duty squadron with a classically associated Air National Guard detachment from the 137th Special Operations Wing. [6]
Number 17 Squadron (sometimes written as No. XVII Squadron), currently No. 17 Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was reformed on 12 April 2013 at Edwards Air Force Base , California , as the Operational Evaluation Unit (OEU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning .
As for the B-17's name, Zeamer's aircrew referred to 41-2666 only as "666" or "the plane". On 14 June 1943, two days before their final mission together, Zeamer officially named their B-17 Lucy. He had the name painted in script under the three windows on the port side nose, mostly between and underneath the small forward window and larger gun ...
The 17th Attack Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 432d Wing , and stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada . The 17th is equipped with the MQ-9 Reaper .
Prior to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the 19th Bombardment Group had 35 B-17s in the Philippines.By 14 December, only 14 remained. Beginning on 17 December, the surviving B-17s based there began to be evacuated south to Australia, and were then sent to Singosari Airfield, Java in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) on 30 Decemb
17 Squadron or 17th Squadron may refer to: No. 17 Squadron PAF, a unit of the Pakistan Air Force. No. 17 Squadron RNZAF, a unit of the New Zealand Royal Air Force; No. 17 Squadron IAF, a unit of the Indian air force. 17 Squadron SAAF, a unit of the South African Air Force; No. XVII Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force
On 17 October 1936, the World War I Aero squadron was consolidated with the United States Army Air Corps 17th Pursuit Squadron to preserve the lineage and history of the unit. Today, the United States Air Force 17th Weapons Squadron flies the F-15E Strike Eagle at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada.
The 147th was redesignated the 17th Pursuit Squadron in the post-war Air Service and later consolidated with the 17th Aero Squadron in 1936 to preserve the history of both pursuit units. The 17th Aero Squadron was activated in August 1917 and earned 13 campaign streamers in France flying the Sopwith Camel .