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2d Bombardment Squadron
Air National Guard KC-135E deployed to RAF Mildenhall in 1989
Active
1940–1963; 1963–1982; 1989–1992
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Control of deployed strategic units
Part of
Strategic Air Command
Motto(s)
Above and Beyond (1989–1992)
Engagements
Southwest Pacific Theater Korean War[1]
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation[1][2]
Insignia
2d Strategic Squadron emblem (approved 1989)[3]
2d Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 15 April 1952)[1]
2d Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[4]
Military unit
The 2d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment as a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress squadron was with the Strategic Air Command 22d Bombardment Wing stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 October 1982. The unit was redesignated as the 2d Strategic Squadron as a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker rotational squadron with the 306th Strategic Wing and was last active at RAF Mildenhall, England in 1992.
^ abcMaurer, Combat Squadrons, pp.11–12
^"Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018. (search)
^"Approved insignia for: 2d Strategic Squadron". from National Archives Catalog. 4 February 1986. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^Hubbard, p. 715
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