List of United States Air Force squadrons

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This is a list of United States Air Force squadrons. It covers both the independent United States Air Force (USAF) and its period as a branch of the US Army culminating as the Army Air Forces up to 1947. All numbered USAF squadrons are assigned numbers from 1 to 999, with the block 101 to 299 being reserved for the Air National Guard. Generally speaking the numbers in the 900 block are post World War II units, they may however be consolidated units with lineage and heraldry dating back to World War II or even early as part of the Air Service. The only official source of lineage and heraldry information is provided by the Air Force Historical Research Agency [1] at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

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[edit] Aerial Targets Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
82d Aerial Targets Squadron
Tyndall AFB 53d Weapons Evaluation Group, 53d Wing

[edit] Aeronautical Systems Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
644th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB Special Programs
646th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB Aging Aircraft
647th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB Combat Electronics
648th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Brooks AFB Human Systems
649th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Brooks AFB Human Systems
653d Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB KC-10 Aircraft Modernization and KC-135 Replacement Tanker aircraft programs
654th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB LAIRCM
655th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB CDSS
656th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB C-130
657th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB C-130J

[edit] Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons

See List of Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons

[edit] Aggressor Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
18th Aggressor Squadron Eielson AFB Red Flag - Alaska
26th Space Aggressor Squadron
Schriever AFB Space Aggressors
64th Aggressor Squadron
Nellis AFB Red Flag
65th Aggressor Squadron
Nellis AFB Red Flag
92d Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron Lackland AFB Information Warfare Aggressors
262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron McChord AFB ANG unit
507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron Nellis AFB
527th Space Aggressor Squadron
Schriever AFB Space Aggressors

[edit] Air Rescue Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
1st Air Rescue Squadron
2d Air Rescue Squadron
3d Air Rescue Squadron
4th Air Rescue Squadron
9th Air Rescue Squadron
7th Air Rescue Squadron
10th Air Rescue Squadron
28th Air Rescue Squadron Ramey AFB
31st Air Rescue Squadron
33d Air Rescue Squadron
34th Air Rescue Squadron
38th Air Rescue Squadron
41st Air Rescue Squadron Patrick AFB
38th Air Rescue Squadron
49th Air Rescue Squadron
56th Air Rescue Squadron
64th Air Rescue Squadron Nellis AFB CAP
65th Air Rescue Squadron Nellis AFB
66th Air Rescue Squadron Nellis AFB
81st Air Rescue Squadron
150th Air Rescue Squadron CAP
210th Air Rescue Squadron CAP
301st Air Rescue Squadron
305th Air Rescue Squadron
2190th Air Rescue Squadron
2157th Air Rescue Squadron

[edit] Air Refueling Squadrons

See List of Air Refueling Squadrons

[edit] Air Control Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Air Control Squadrons

[edit] Airborne Air Control Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
960th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB "Viking Warriors"
961st Airborne Air Control Squadron
Kadena AB "Eyes of the Pacific"
962d Airborne Air Control Squadron
Elmendorf AFB "Eyes of the Eagle"
963d Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB "Blue Knights"
964th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB "Phoenix"
965th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB "Falcons"
966th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB "Ravens"
970th Airborne Air Control Squadron
Tinker AFB

[edit] Airborne Command and Control Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron Offutt AFB "First Axe"
2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron Offutt AFB Inactive
6th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Langley AFB Inactive
7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Offutt AFB "Looking Glass" Inactive
9th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Hickam AFB "Blue Eagles"
12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "Dragons"
16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "Phoenix Warriors"
128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron Robins AFB "AlleyCats"

[edit] Aircraft Sustainment Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
330th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Robins AFB
506th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Hill AFB
508th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Hill AFB
551st Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Hill AFB
556th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Tinker AFB B-2 sustainment
547th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Tinker AFB High Frequency Global Communications Systems
557th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Tinker AFB E-3 sustainment
560th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Robins AFB
561st Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Robins AFB
572d Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Robins AFB
573d Aircraft Sustainment Squadron Robins AFB


[edit] Airlift Squadrons

See List of Airlift Squadrons

[edit] Attack Squadron

Squadron Location Nickname Note
19th Attack Squadron Creech AFB
42d Attack Squadron Creech AFB

[edit] Bomb Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force bomb squadrons

[edit] Combat Training Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Combat Training Squadrons

[edit] Command & Control Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space-related Squadrons

[edit] Combat Communications Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Combat Communications Squadrons

[edit] Electronic Combat Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
41st Electronic Combat Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB "Scorpions"
42d Electronic Combat Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB
43d Electronic Combat Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB "Bats"
388th Electronic Combat Squadron NAS Whidbey Island
429th Electronic Combat Squadron "Black Falcons" closed
430th Electronic Combat Squadron closed

[edit] Electronic Systems Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Electronic Systems Squadrons

[edit] Electronic Warfare Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
16th Electronic Warfare Squadron Eglin AFB
36th Electronic Warfare Squadron Eglin AFB
68th Electronic Warfare Squadron Eglin AFB
453d Electronic Warfare Squadron Lackland AFB

[edit] Fighter Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Fighter Squadrons

[edit] Flight Test Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
10th Flight Test Squadron
Tinker AFB Sabres B-52, B-1, KC-135, and E-3s
18th Flight Test Squadron
Hurlburt Field Reports to HQ AFSOC
33d Flight Test Squadron AMC's operational test agency
39th Flight Test Squadron Eglin AFB Inactive
40th Flight Test Squadron
Eglin AFB
84th Flight Test Squadron "Panthers" Inactive
99th Flight Test Squadron "Panthers"
337th Flight Test Squadron Inactive?
339th Flight Test Squadron
Robins AFB
370th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB
410th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB
411th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB F-22 Flight Test
412th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB Speckled Trout
413th Flight Test Squadron
Hurlburt Field formerly Det. 1, 46 OG
415th Flight Test Squadron
416th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB F-16 Flight Test
417th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB Airborne Laser Program
418th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB Tanker/Airlift Flight Test
419th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB Bomber Flight Test
420th Flight Test Squadron
445th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB
452d Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB UAV flight test
461st Flight Test Squadron
Edwards AFB Deadly Jesters F-35
486th Flight Test Squadron
514th Flight Test Squadron
576th Flight Test Squadron
Vandenberg AFB Top Hand Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force.
586th Flight Test Squadron
Holloman AFB

[edit] Flying Training Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Flying Training Squadrons

[edit] Helicopter Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
1st Helicopter Squadron Andrews AFB "First Heli"
37th Helicopter Squadron F.E. Warren AFB
40th Helicopter Squadron Malmstrom AFB
54th Helicopter Squadron Minot AFB "Nomads of the North"
72d Helicopter Squadron "Eager Beavers" / "Eight Balls"
76th Helicopter Squadron Vandenberg AFB Deactivated
5040th Helicopter Squadron Eielson Air Force Base CH/SH/HH-21

[edit] Information Operations Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
23d Information Operations Squadron Lackland AFB Air Force Information Operations Center; 318th Information Operations Group
33d Information Operations Squadron Lackland AFB USAF computer networks
68th Information Operations Squadron Brooks AFB
92d Information Operations Squadron Lackland AFB AIA
229th Information Operations Squadron Vermont
426th Information Operations Squadron Menwith Hill, United Kingdom
451st Information Operations Squadron Vogelweh, Germany
566th Information Operations Squadron Buckley AFB

[edit] Intelligence Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Intelligence Squadrons

[edit] Missile Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Missile Squadrons

[edit] Network Operations Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
83d Network Operations Squadron Langley AFB Integrated Network Operations and Security Center (INOSC-East)
561st Network Operations Squadron Peterson AFB Integrated Network Operations and Security Center (INOSC-West)

[edit] Network Warfare Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
33d Network Warfare Squadron Lackland AFB
91st Network Warfare Squadron Lackland AFB
315th Network Warfare Squadron Lackland AFB

[edit] Operations Support Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
20th Operations Support Squadron Shaw AFB
27th Operations Support Squadron Cannon AFB The Wizards
57th Operations Support Squadron Nellis AFB
88th Operations Support Squadron Wright-Patterson AFB emblem
90th Operations Support Squadron F.E. Warren AFB
91st Operations Support Squadron Minot AFB
314th Operations Support Squadron Little Rock AFB
341st Operations Support Squadron Malmstrom AFB "Screaming Eagles"
757th Operations Support Squadron Nellis AFB

[edit] Operational Weather Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Notes:
9th Operational Weather Squadron Shaw AFB "Hurricanes"
11th Operational Weather Squadron Elmendorf AFB
15th Operational Weather Squadron Scott AFB
17th Operational Weather Squadron Hickam AFB "Geckos"
20th Operational Weather Squadron Yokota AB "Samurais" (Inactivated April 2006)[1]
21st Operational Weather Squadron Sembach AB "Knights"
25th Operational Weather Squadron Davis-Monthan AFB "Bobcats"
26th Operational Weather Squadron Barksdale AFB
28th Operational Weather Squadron Shaw AFB "Owls"

[edit] Radar Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Notes:
666th Radar Squadron Mill Valley AFS SAGE
682nd Radar Squadron Almaden AFS SAGE
689th Radar Squadron Mount Hebo AFS SAGE
694th Radar Squadron Lewistown AFS SAGE
776th Radar Squadron Point Arena AFS SAGE

[edit] Range Support Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Notes:
98th Range Squadron Nellis AFB
98th Northern Range Support Squadron Nellis AFB
98th Southern Range Support Squadron Creech AFB
388th Range Support Squadron Hill AFB

[edit] Reconnaissance Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Reconnaissance Squadrons

[edit] Rescue Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
31st Rescue Squadron Kadena AB
33d Rescue Squadron
Kadena AB
36th Rescue Flight
"Saint Bernards "
37th Rescue Squadron
38th Rescue Squadron
"PJs"
39th Rescue Squadron
Patrick AFB "Kings" Reserve
41st Rescue Squadron
"Jolly Green"
48th Rescue Squadron
Holloman AFB "Move the World" Closed
55th Rescue Squadron
56th Rescue Squadron
58th Rescue Squadron
66th Rescue Squadron
71st Rescue Squadron
Moody AFB "Kings"
79th Rescue Squadron
102nd Rescue Squadron
Suffolk County ANGB "ANG’s Oldest Unit"
210th Rescue Squadron Kulis ANGB "Second to None"
211th Rescue Squadron Kulis ANGB
212th Rescue Squadron Kulis ANGB
301st Rescue Squadron
Patrick AFB "Guardian Wings" Reserve
303d Rescue Squadron
304th Rescue Squadron
Portland, OR
305th Rescue Squadron
"Anytime, Anywhere"
449th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
512th Rescue Squadron "Jolly"

[edit] Space Control Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Control Squadrons

[edit] Space Development Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Development Squadrons

[edit] Space Experimentation Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Experimentation Squadrons

[edit] Space Launch Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Launch Squadrons

[edit] Space Operations Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Operations Squadrons

[edit] Space Surveillance Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Surveillance Squadrons

[edit] Space Test Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Test Squadrons

[edit] Space Weather Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Weather Squadrons

[edit] Space Warning Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Space Warning Squadrons

[edit] Special Operations Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force special operations squadrons

[edit] Special Tactics Squadrons

See List of special tactics squadrons

[edit] Tactical Air Support Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
11th Tactical Air Support Squadron Eielson Air Force Base OA-10
25th Tactical Air Support Squadron Eielson Air Force Base O-2A

[edit] Test Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
14th Test Squadron Schriever AFB Reserve unit, augments 17 TS
17th Test Squadron Schriever AFB 595th Space Group, SIDC
346th Test Squadron Lackland AFB Network Operations
586th Test Squadron Holloman AFB
717th Test Squadron Arnold AFB
718th Test Squadron Arnold AFB
746th Test Squadron Holloman AFB
771st Test Squadron Edwards AFB
772d Test Squadron Edwards AFB
773d Test Squadron Edwards AFB
780th Test Squadron Eglin AFB
781st Test Squadron Holloman AFB National Radar Cross-section Facility
846th Test Squadron Holloman AFB Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT)

[edit] Test and Evaluation Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
28th Test and Evaluation Squadron Eglin AFB Scorpians
31st Test and Evaluation Squadron Edwards AFB RQ-4
49th Test and Evaluation Squadron Barksdale AFB Wolfpack B-52
59th Test and Evaluation Squadron Nellis AFB
72d Test and Evaluation Squadron Whiteman AFB

B-2
85th Test and Evaluation Squadron Eglin AFB Skulls F-15C, F-15E, F-16C
337th Test and Evaluation Squadron Dyess AFB B-1B
422d Test and Evaluation Squadron Nellis AFB Green Bats F-15C, F-15E, F-16C, A-10, F-22A
431st Test and Evaluation Squadron McClellan AFB F-111
556th Test and Evaluation Squadron Creech AFB MQ-1, MQ-9
605th Test and Evaluation Squadron
4200th Test and Evaluation Squadron Edwards AFB Inactivated 1 Jul 1986

[edit] Training Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force training squadrons

[edit] USAF Demonstration Squadrons

Squadron Shield Location Nickname Note
USAF Air Demonstration Squadron
Nellis AFB Thunderbirds

[edit] Weapons Squadrons

See List of United States Air Force Weapons Squadrons

[edit] Weather Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
1st Weather Squadron Fort Lewis, Washington
2d Weather Squadron
3d Weather Squadron Fort Hood, Texas
14th Weather Squadron
18th Weather Squadron Special Operations Weather
30th Weather Squadron Vandenberg AFB, California
45th Weather Squadron Patrick AFB, Florida
607th Weather Squadron Yongsan Garrison, South Korea

[edit] Weather Reconnaissance Squadrons

Squadron Location Nickname Note
53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Keesler AFB, Mississippi "Hurricane Hunters" WC-130
55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Eielson Air Force Base
58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Eielson Air Force Base "Pole Vaulters" B-29/RB-29/WB-29, WB-50
375th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Eielson Air Force Base B-29/RB-29/WB-29, VC/SC/C-47

[edit] External links

  1. ^ 20 OWS History Page (w1vxa.us)

2. 12th AIR FORCE WWII - 97th (B-17) and 340th (B-25) BOMB GROUPS http://www.reddog1944.com

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