Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
717th EXPEDITIONARY ATTACK SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 717 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 6 Apr 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Redesignated 717 Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 23 May 1945; 717 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 28 May 1948; 717 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 16 May 1949; 717 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic) on 1 Apr 1950; 717 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 16 Jul 1950; 717 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 Oct 1955. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 Feb 1963. Reactivated as 717 Expeditionary Attack Squadron in 2022-.
Assignments. 449 Bombardment Group, 1 May 1943; 28 Bombardment (later Strategic Reconnaissance) Group, 4 Aug 1946; 28 Strategic Reconnaissance (later Bombardment) Wing, 16 Jun 1952; 4245 Strategic Wing, 1 Feb 1960-1 Feb 1963.
Stations. Davis-Monthan Field, AZ,1 May 1943; Alamogordo AAFld, NM, 5 JuI 1943; Bruning AAFld, NE, 12 Sep-26 Nov 1943; Grottaglie, Italy, 5 Jan 194-13 May 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 15 Jun 1945; Dalhart AAFld, TX, 24 Jul 1945; Grand Island AAFM, NE, 8 Sep 19454 Oct 1946; Elmendorf Field, AK, 20 Oct 1946-24 Apr 1947; Rapid City AAFld, SD, 3 May 1947; Sheppard AFB, TX, 1 Feb 1960-1 Feb 1963. Larissa Hellenic AB, Greece, 2022-.
Aircraft. B-24, 1943-1945; B-17, 1945; B-29, 1946-1950; B-36, 1949-1950; RB-29, 1950; RB-36, 1950- 1957; B-52, 1957-1963. MQ-9, 2022-.
Operations. Combat in MTO and ETO, 8 Jan 1944-26 Apr 1945. Surveillance missions in the Mediterranean region, NATO missions to countries bordering the Black Sea (Bulgaria, Romania), with the aim of monitoring the situation in Ukraine.
Service streamers. American Theater.
Campaigns. Air Offensive, Europe; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Amo; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Bucharest, Rumania, 4 Apr 1944; Ploesti, Rumania, g Jul 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Sep 1957-30 Jun 1958.
Emblem. Approved on 10 JuI 1944.