444th Bombardment Squadron (Currently 444th Air Expeditionary Squadron)
320th Bombardment Wing B-47 Stratojet[a]
Active
1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1958–1960
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Medium bomber
Part of
Air Combat Command
Engagements
Mediterranean Theater of Operations European Theater of Operations[1]
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation French Croix de Guerre with Palm[1]
Insignia
444th Bombardment Squadron emblem[b][2]
Patch with 444th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[3]
Military unit
The 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, where it trained Afghan Air Force pilots with light aircraft and helicopters.
The squadron was activated during World War II. It participated in combat in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French Croix de Guerre with Palm. It remained in Europe after V-E Day, returning to the United States for inactivation in December 1945.
The squadron was briefly active in the reserves from 1947 to 1949, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped with operational aircraft. It was activated again in 1959, when Strategic Air Command expanded its Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings from three to four operational squadrons. However, the B-47 was being withdrawn from service and the squadron was inactivated along with its parent wing the following year.
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^ abRobertson, Patsy (22 August 2011). "Factsheet 444 Air Expeditionary Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 549
^Watkins, pp. 84-85
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