Description
USA shifley made. NOTE. These will vary due to wear.
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2nd BOMB SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 2nd Bombardment Squadron on 1 Jan 1938. Redesignated 2nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium). Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated: 2nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 3 Feb 1944; 2nd Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 30 Apr 1946; 2nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 28 Jul 1948; 2nd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 15 Sep 1963. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1982.
Assignments. 22d Bombardment Group, 1 Feb 1940; 22d Bombardment Wing, 16 Jun 1952-1 Oct 1982.
Stations. Bolling Field, DC, 1 Feb 1940; Langley Field, VA, 14 Nov 1940; Muroc, CA, c. 9 Dec 1941-29 Jan 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 25 Feb 1942; Ipswich, Australia, 2 Mar 1942; Townsville, Australia, 7 Apr 1942; Reid River, Australia, 9 Apr 1942; Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 Oct 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, 19 Dec 1943; Owi, Schouten Islands, 11 Aug 1944; Leyte, c. 19 Nov 1944; Angaur, c. 28 Nov 1944; Samar, 20 Jan 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, Mar 1945; Okinawa, 18 Aug 1945; Ft William McKinley, Luzon, 23 Nov 1945; Okinawa, 15 May 1946; Smoky Hill AFB, KS, 18 May 1948; March AFB, CA, 10 May 1949-1 Oct 1982 (operated from Kadena AB, Okinawa, c. 9 Jul-c. 30 Oct 1950; Deployed at: RAF Wyton, England, 5 Sep-9 Dec 1951; RAF Upper Heyford, England, 9 Dec 1953-5 Mar 1954).
Aircraft. B-18, 1940-1941; B-26, 1941-1943; B-25, 1943-1944; B-24, 1944-1945; B-29, 1946-1953; B-47, 1953-1963; B-52B, 1963-1966; B-52D, 1966-1982.
Operations. Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942; combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 8 Apr 1942-3 Jan 1943, 5 Oct 1943-24 Jul 1945. Not manned, 23 Nov 1945-15 Jun 1946. Combat in Korea, 13 Jul-19 Oct 1950. Trained for proficiency in global strategic bombardment throughout the 1950s and early 1960s until the B-47 was phased out of the inventory. Equipped with B-52B Stratofortresses for training in 1963; then operational B-52Ds in 1966. Deployed to Western Pacific bases during the Vietnam War and conducted combat operations over Indochina, engaging in Operation Arc Light, Linebacker I and Linebacker II raids over North Vietnam until 1973. Returned to the United States and stood nuclear alert until being inactivated in 1982.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; East Indies; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Papua; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua, 23 Jul i942-[3] Jan 1943; New Guinea, 5 Nov 1943. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 10 Jul-24 195°*
Emblem. Approved 15 Apr 1952.