Global Information598th Range Squadron information
598th Range Squadron
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 USAF Pararescuemen prepare a simulated casualty for medical evacuation during a training exercise at Avon Park Air Force Range while their Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter orbits overhead | |
| Active | 1943–1945; 2015–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Range management |
| Part of | Air Combat Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Avon Park Air Force Range |
| Motto(s) | Si Vis Pacem Para Bellumn (Latin for 'If You Desire Peace, Prepare for War') |
| Engagements | European Theater of Operations |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation |
| Insignia | |
| 598th Range Squadron emblem |  |
| 598th Bombardment Squadron emblem[a][1] |  |
| World War II group tail marking[2] | Yellow diagonal stripe |
| World War II squadron fuselage code[2] | U2 |
The 598th Range Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23d Fighter Group and is stationed at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida where it replaced Detachment 1, 23d Fighter Group on 22 September 2015. The squadron also operates the Deployed Unit Complex at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
It was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida in April 1943 as the 598th Bombardment Squadron. After training in the United States, it transferred to the European Theater of Operations, where it was a component of IX Bomber Command. The squadron served in combat from April 1944 until the end of World War II, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for an attack on Ediger-Eller, Germany, in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. Following V-E Day the squadron remained in France until December 1945, when it returned the United States and was inactivated at Camp Kilmer.
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- ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 678–679
- ^ a b Watkins, pp. 112–113