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Approved 30 September 1931, reinstated 13 January 1994. The unit emblem is a blue disk with a black volcano with red lava flowing from the crater, extending upward as red and yellow rays intermingling with clouds. On the front are five black bombs signifying the 23 BS with three on the dexter
512:(Short Range Attack Missile). In 1980, the 23rd gained the offensive avionics system, and led Strategic Air Command's venture into modern conventional war fighting as the lead unit for the Strategic Projection Force, in support of the U.S.
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The squadron, along with other bomber units provide aircraft and personnel for regular rotational deployments to
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence since 2004.
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Britain, it started training before going to France, where it arrived on Armistice day. It was stationed at the Air Service Replacement Concentration Barracks
410:. Six Keystones of the 23rd used precision bombing tactics to drop twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the volcano's lava flow, thus saving the city of Hilo by diverting the lava away from the city.
508:. The 23rd has been combat ready in B-52Hs since that time, continuously adding improvements in avionics, weapons, and tactics to its arsenal. In 1973, the squadron was the first unit to receive the
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June 2016 three of the unit's B-52H bombers deployed to RAF Fairford for NATO Maritime exercise "BALTOPS" and for JTAC (Joint
Terminal Attack Controller) exercise "Saber Strike".
398:. It spent the decades of the 1920s and 1930s stationed in Hawaii. There, the squadron flew a number of bomber types, most notably the Keystone bomber series and later the
1129:, Hawaii, from destruction. Although the original emblem was used after the squadron returned to the bombardment mission in 1955, it was not officially restored until 1994.
1556:. Series E: Squadron Histories. Vol. 4 History of the 22d-24th Aero Squadron. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration.
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1121:(right) side, and two on the sinister (left) side. On 27 December 1935 the unit was tasked to drop twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the flow of lava from
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strategic bomber. The men and women of the "Bomber Barons" stand ready to project global power on a daily basis in both conventional and nuclear warfare.
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1506:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
1454:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
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215:23rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
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32:23rd Reconnaissance Squadron (disambiguation)
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344:Learn how and when to remove this message
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681:23rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
674:23rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
456:23rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
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1195:Robertson, Patsy (28 February 2017).
1070:Boeing F-2 Flying Fortress, 1947β1948
707:Unknown, 16 June 1917 β 22 March 1919
192:Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
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1351:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1079:Convair RB-36 Peacekeeper, 1951β1958
322:adding citations to reliable sources
247:, North Dakota. The mission of the
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1232:"23rd EBS bids a farewell to Guam"
1197:"Factsheet 23 Bomb Squadron (ACC)"
889:, Admiralty Islands, 16 April 1944
852:, 1 December 1942 β 3 January 1944
838:, Hawaii, 24 Marchβ3 November 1942
738:55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
736:, 24 August 1948 β 16 March 1949;
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1360:US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941
1125:volcano, thus saving the city of
879:, Solomon Islands, 9 January 1944
742:5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
730:71st Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
270:. The squadron saw combat during
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1535:Gorrell, Col. Edgar S. (1974).
1498:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
1097:List of American Aero Squadrons
929:, Philippines, 20 February 1945
365:, Texas on 16 June 1917 as the
178:Navy Presidential Unit Citation
946:, Philippines, 20 October 1947
676:, Photographic on 16 June 1949
420:Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses
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652:, Very Heavy on 30 April 1946
264:American Expeditionary Forces
1052:Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1938β1942
975:Mountain Home Air Force Base
962:, Japan, 16 March-2 May 1949
753:, 1 September 1991 β present
669:Activated on 20 October 1947
662:23rd Reconnaissance Squadron
655:Inactivated on 10 March 1947
582:Demobilized on 22 March 1919
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424:Consolidated B-24 Liberators
790:, England, 2 September 1918
683:, Heavy on 14 November 1950
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631:(Medium) on 6 December 1939
608:Organized on 1 October 1921
521:Air Launched Cruise Missile
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428:Distinguished Unit Citation
253:Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
174:Distinguished Unit Citation
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506:720th Bombardment Squadron
468:Convair RB-36F Peacemakers
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392:23rd Bombardment Squadron
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164:Southwest Pacific Theater
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1253:"Red Flag 12-4 finishes"
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550:Andersen Air Force Base
528:Advanced Cruise Missile
237:United States Air Force
104:United States Air Force
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842:Pallikulo Bay Airfield
720:19th Bombardment Group
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502:Minot Air Force Base
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245:Minot Air Force Base
134:Minot Air Force Base
899:Kornasoren Airfield
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2691:Provisional
2661:Combat crew
2171:Helicopters
2136:B-1B Lancer
1982:Flight test
1519:17 December
1489:17 December
1442:17 December
1300:1 September
1279:3 September
1258:1 September
1237:1 September
1076:, 1948β1951
1064:, 1947β1948
1049:, 1937β1939
1047:Martin B-12
1043:, 1929-1937
1037:, 1929-1937
1031:, 1929-1937
1025:, 1922-1929
1019:, 1922-1929
1013:, 1922-1929
933:Clark Field
877:New Georgia
863:Guadalcanal
818:March Field
702:Assignments
510:AGM-69 SRAM
443:Martin B-10
357:World War I
268:World War I
260:Kelly Field
170:Decorations
160:World War I
156:Engagements
140:Nickname(s)
130:Garrison/HQ
2743:Categories
2207:Leadership
2141:B-2 Spirit
2054:Helicopter
1832:Operations
1816:Helicopter
1680:Air Forces
1403:16 October
1382:2010022326
1167:References
887:Los Negros
824:Luke Field
363:Camp Kelly
151:Red/yellow
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2708:365th (P)
2703:364th (P)
2698:486th (P)
1887:Squadrons
1644:Malmstrom
1629:Ellsworth
1619:Barksdale
1562:215070705
1545:215070705
1390:637712205
1172:Citations
1123:Mauna Loa
530:in 1994.
404:Mauna Loa
334:July 2015
305:does not
2728:63rd (P)
2723:64th (P)
2718:65th (P)
2244:Bussiere
2214:Kowalski
2187:Missiles
2096:Training
1709:Air Base
1654:Whiteman
1639:Kirtland
1476:70605402
1437:61060979
1217:Maurer,
1203:26 March
1091:See also
1004:Aircraft
903:Noemfoor
758:Stations
485:and the
450:Cold War
280:Cold War
249:squadron
198:Insignia
2155:Command
2129:Bombers
2122:systems
1998:Missile
1763:Missile
954:Okinawa
917:Morotai
556:Lineage
525:AGM-129
518:AGM-86B
326:removed
311:sources
286:History
74:Country
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1612:Bases
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2010:12th
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