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This article is about the 443d Air Expeditionary Squadron. For the 443d Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, see 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group § Units.
443d Air Expeditionary Squadron
320th Bombardment Wing B-47 Stratojet[note 1]
Active
1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1952–1960; c.2011; c.2018
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Expeditionary Support
Part of
Air Combat Command
Engagements
Mediterranean Theater of Operations[1]
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation French Croix de Guerre with Palm[1]
Insignia
443d Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 4 March 1954)[2]
443d Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[3]
Military unit
The 443d Air Expeditionary Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment as a regular Air Force unit was to the 320th Bombardment Wing at March Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 15 September 1960.
The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 443d Bombardment Squadron. It served in combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States for inactivation.
Although briefly active in the reserve from 1947-1949, the squadron was primarily a Strategic Air Command bomber unit with Boeing B-47 Stratojets. The squadron was inactivated in 1960, in connection with the phasing out of the B-47.
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^ abRobertson, Patsy (23 August 2011). "Factsheet 443 Air Expeditionary Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 548
^Watkins, pp. 84-85
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