This article is about the 442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron. For the 442nd Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, see 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group § Units.
442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron
442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron Aerial Port Operations at Al Taji Air Base
Active
1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1952–1960; 2018-2020
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Expeditionary Support
Part of
Air Combat Command
Motto(s)
Qui Liberata Punire Impius (Latin for 'Those Free to Punish the Wicked')
Engagements
Mediterranean Theater of Operations European Theater of Operations
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Insignia
442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron emblem[a][1][b]
Military unit
The 442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. It was converted to provisional status in May 2011. Its last assignment as a regular unit was to the 320th Bombardment Wing at March Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 15 September 1960. It has been active since, operating a small air base in Iraq.
The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 442nd Bombardment Squadron. It served in combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it earned the Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for combat operations in Italy. In 1944, it moved north into the European Theater of Operations, where it earned a second DUC. After V-E Day, the squadron remained in Germany to participate in the disarmament of the Luftwaffe, then returned to the United States for inactivation.
Although briefly active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949, the squadron was primarily a Strategic Air Command bomber unit with Boeing B-47 Stratojets, serving on nuclear alert. It was inactivated in September 1960 when SAC reduced its wings at March Air Force Base, California from one to two.
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