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data-file-height="986" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bergstrom_AFB_RF-4_flight_of_2_-_Hohenzollern_Castle_Germany_circa_1976_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bergstrom_AFB_RF-4_flight_of_2_-_Hohenzollern_Castle_Germany_circa_1976_-_panoramio.jpg/300px-Bergstrom_AFB_RF-4_flight_of_2_-_Hohenzollern_Castle_Germany_circa_1976_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bergstrom_AFB_RF-4_flight_of_2_-_Hohenzollern_Castle_Germany_circa_1976_-_panoramio.jpg/450px-Bergstrom_AFB_RF-4_flight_of_2_-_Hohenzollern_Castle_Germany_circa_1976_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, 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Germany circa 1976<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945; 1946–1947; 1953–1971; 1999–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Space operations</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg Space Force Base</a>, California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Blackhawks<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Semper Summatum</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'Always the Highest')</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Organizational Excellence Award">Air Force Organizational Excellence Award</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">9th Combat Operations Squadron emblem<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:9SOPS2013.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/9SOPS2013.png/150px-9SOPS2013.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/9SOPS2013.png/225px-9SOPS2013.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/9SOPS2013.png/300px-9SOPS2013.png 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="423" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">9th Reconnaissance Squadron emblem<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer761BS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg/150px-9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg/225px-9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/9th_tactical_reconnaissance_sq-patch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="232" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>'s <b>9th Combat Operations Squadron</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> space operations unit located at <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg Space Force Base</a>, California. The 9th augments the <a href="/wiki/614th_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="614th Air and Space Operations Center">614th Air and Space Operations Center</a> in operating the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Space Operations Center">Joint Space Operations Center</a>, performing combat operations, plans, strategy and intelligence assessments that enable the Commander, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Functional_Component_Command_for_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Functional Component Command for Space">Joint Functional Component Command for Space</a> to command and control space forces by providing worldwide space effects and theater support to combatant commanders. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> was first activated in 1943 as the <b>761st Bombardment Squadron</b>. After training in the United States, it deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a>, where it participated in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign against Germany</a>, and it earned a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> for its actions. Following <a href="/wiki/V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a>, the squadron moved to Brazil, where it became part of <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command" title="Air Transport Command">Air Transport Command</a>, returning troops to the United States before it was inactivated on 26 September 1945. </p><p>The squadron was redesignated the <b>9th Reconnaissance Squadron</b> and reactivated in the Far East in 1946. For the next two years, it performed mapping and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> missions, until it transferred its assets to another unit and was inactivated. It was activated again in 1953 as the <b>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</b>, and in 1956, became the first squadron to fly the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_RB-66_Destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas RB-66 Destroyer">Douglas RB-66 Destroyer</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>, the squadron flew photographic reconnaissance missions. It deployed equipment and personnel to Southeast Asia, although it remained in the United States as a training unit until inactivating in 1971. </p><p>The squadron was activated in the <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> in 1999 as the <b>9th Space Operations Squadron</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>9th Combat Operations Squadron</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command#Associate_Program" title="Air Force Reserve Command">associate squadron</a> to the <a href="/wiki/614th_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="614th Air and Space Operations Center">614th Air and Space Operations Center</a> and augments the active duty center in day-to-day operations of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Space Operations Center">Joint Space Operations Center</a>, a 24-hour operations center designed to provide commanders with assistance coordinating, planning, and conducting space operations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> is composed of four divisions that provide steady-state and surge support in the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Space_Operations_Center" title="Combined Space Operations Center">Combined Space Operations Center</a>. </p> <dl><dd>The Combat Operations Division is charged with the effective employment of 58 tactical units and integration of five Joint Force Space Component Command operations centers.<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>The Strategy Plans Division develops, disseminates, assesses, and refines the Space Operations Directive, Master Space Plan and Combined Space Staking Order in support of functional and geographic combatant commanders' operations. It validates space operations requirements against current and planned operations environments, analyzes space support requests to determine the optimal use of space systems to meet global needs.<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>The Operations Support Division coordinates and documents initial, certification, and continuation training. It develops "lessons learned" for exercise support, requirements, and unit training, and evaluates their overall effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division provides supported combat commands, the intelligence community and subordinate units with current and emerging enemy space capabilities, threats to US and Allied use of space, courses of action, and predictive intelligence through a dynamic space intelligence operation of the operational environment.<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg/220px-460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg/330px-460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg/440px-460th_Bombardment_Group_B-24_Liberators_bombing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="634" /></a><figcaption>460th Bombardment Group B-24 Liberators bombing</figcaption></figure> <p>The squadron was first activated as the <b>761st Bombardment Squadron</b> at <a href="/wiki/Alamogordo_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamogordo Army Air Field">Alamogordo Army Air Field</a>, New Mexico on 1 July 1943 as one of the four original squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/460th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="460th Bombardment Group">460th Bombardment Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer460BG_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer460BG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Cadre_(military)" title="Cadre (military)">cadre</a> of the unit's air echelon went to <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Army Air Base">Orlando Army Air Base</a>, Florida for specialized training with the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces_School_of_Applied_Tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics">Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics</a>. In August, the unit was filled out with ground personnel at <a href="/wiki/Kearns_Army_Air_Base" title="Kearns Army Air Base">Kearns Army Air Base</a>, Utah, then moved to <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham Army Air Field">Chatham Army Air Field</a>, Georgia to complete its training with <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> heavy bombers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon completing training, the squadron departed for the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a> in January 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer460BG_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer460BG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> completed its deployment to <a href="/wiki/Spinazzola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinazzola Airfield">Spinazzola Airfield</a>, Italy by the middle of February 1944, and entered the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign against Germany</a> the following month, with an attack on a <a href="/wiki/Marshalling_yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yard">marshalling yard</a> and docks at <a href="/wiki/Metkovi%C4%87" title="Metković">Metković</a>, Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-460targets_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-460targets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It attacked oil <a href="/wiki/Refineries" class="mw-redirect" title="Refineries">refineries</a> and storage facilities, railroads, industrial areas, including aircraft manufacturing plants in Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Yugoslavia.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer460BG_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer460BG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 July 1944, the squadron was part of a 460th Group formation that led the <a href="/wiki/55th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Bombardment Wing">55th Bombardment Wing</a> on an attack against an airfield and aircraft manufacturing plant at <a href="/wiki/Zwolfaxing" class="mw-redirect" title="Zwolfaxing">Zwolfaxing</a>, Austria. It attacked the target through heavy enemy <a href="/wiki/Flak" class="mw-redirect" title="Flak">flak</a> and adverse weather, for which it was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer460BG_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer460BG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron was occasionally diverted from the strategic bombing mission to perform <a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">air interdiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> missions. In August 1944, it supported <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a>, the invasion of southern France by attacking <a href="/wiki/Submarine_pen" title="Submarine pen">submarine pens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshalling_yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yard">marshalling yards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Artillery_batteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Artillery batteries">artillery batteries</a> in the area of the amphibious landings. It struck <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Lines of communications">lines of communications</a>, railroads, <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_dump" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammunition dump">ammunition dumps</a> and other targets in connection with <a href="/wiki/Operation_Grapeshot" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Grapeshot">Operation Grapeshot</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">allied</a> offensive in Northern Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer460BG_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer460BG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron flew its last mission against a target in northern Italy on 26 April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-460targets_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-460targets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a>, the 460th Group and its squadrons were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_Division,_Air_Transport_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command">South Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command</a>, moving to <a href="/wiki/Parnamirim_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Parnamirim Field">Parnamirim Field</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>, Brazil to participate in the Green Project. Green Project was aimed at transporting 50,000 military personnel a month from the European and Mediterranean Theaters back to the United States, with priority for those that plans called for redeploying to the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron's combat veterans proved none too happy with this assignment,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but continued supporting the project until inactivating on 26 September 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reconnaissance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1946, the 761st was redesignated the <b>9th Reconnaissance Squadron</b> and assigned to the <a href="/wiki/314th_Composite_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="314th Composite Wing">314th Composite Wing</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson Air Base">Johnson Air Base</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Yokota_Air_Base" title="Yokota Air Base">Yokota Air Base</a>, Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer761BS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 9th airmen flew the <a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">Bell P-39 Airacobra</a>, as well as the Consolidated F-7 Liberator, Boeing F-9 Flying Fortress, and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F-13_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing F-13 Superfortress">Boeing F-13 Superfortress</a> bombers retrofitted to perform photographic reconnaissance performing mapping missions over occupied Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Indochina, and other areas under <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Far East Air Forces">Far East Air Forces</a>' control after World War II. The squadron also flew classified missions over the Soviet Far East. </p><p>The squadron was inactivated in October 1947 and its personnel, equipment and mission were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/31st_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="31st Test and Evaluation Squadron">31st Reconnaissance Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer761BS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina on 11 November 1953, as the <b>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</b>, and was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/363d_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group">363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron's initial equipment was the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_RB-26_Invader" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas RB-26 Invader">Douglas RB-26 Invader</a>, plus one <a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">North American B-25 Mitchell</a>. These aircraft had been modified with special <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> equipment, including <a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/APR-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/APR-4 (page does not exist)">AN/APR-4</a> and AN/APR-9 radar receivers, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/APA-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/APA-17 (page does not exist)">AN/APA-17</a> direction finders. Some were also fitted with <a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/APT-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/APT-1 (page does not exist)">AN/APT-1</a> jammers and chaff dispensers. Although the unit's wartime role was to fly ferret and stand-off jamming missions, the main task assigned to it was to provide jamming training for ground radar operators.<sup id="cite_ref-AFOOB9SOS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOOB9SOS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg/220px-RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg/330px-RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg/440px-RB-66B_Destroyer_of_363rd_TRW_at_Ta_Son_Nhut_in_1965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1015" /></a><figcaption>363d Wing RB-66B Destroyer at Tan Son Nhut Airport<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1956, the squadron was the first in the Air Force to receive jet powered <a href="/wiki/Douglas_RB-66B_Destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas RB-66B Destroyer">Douglas RB-66B Destroyers</a>, which added weather sampling capability.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit later flew other upgraded models of the plane (RB-66C and WB-66D).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrival of the B-66s enabled the squadron to retire its RB-26s as well as the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_RT-33A_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed RT-33A Shooting Star">Lockheed RT-33A Shooting Stars</a> it had begun using for <a href="/wiki/Weather_reconnaissance" title="Weather reconnaissance">weather reconnaissance</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> adopted the dual deputy organization, it inactivated the squadron's parent 363d Reconnaissance Group, and assigned the squadron directly to the <a href="/wiki/363d_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961, three of the squadron's WB-66s deployed to <a href="/wiki/Clark_Air_Base" title="Clark Air Base">Clark Air Base</a> in Operation Long Pass, a joint deployment exercise in the Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-AFOOB9SOS_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOOB9SOS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1962, 9th had a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> squadron commander, Commander Chester E. Kingsbury,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and flew classified film missions supporting the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> starting in October 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1963 and 1966, the 9th routinely deployed aircraft and crews to Southeast Asia<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as an Air Force training squadron for the upgraded B-66 Destroyer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1969, the 9th moved to <a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom Air Force Base</a>, Texas, where it became part of the <a href="/wiki/75th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing</a> and flew <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_RF-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell RF-4 Phantom II">McDonnell RF-4 Phantom IIs</a>. On 31 August 1971, the squadron inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron's aircraft and personnel were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/12th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron">12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</a>, which moved to Bergstrom on paper from Vietnam as USAF forces in Southeast Asia were reduced.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reserve_space_operations">Reserve space operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reserve space operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron" title="Special:EditPage/9th Combat Operations Squadron">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since the early 1990s, the space command and control mission evolved rapidly. In 1994, <a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Air Force">14th Air Force</a> was activated at <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a>, California and became responsible for space operations. Between 1994 and 1998, United States Air Force reservists supported <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth Air Force</a> on various man-day tours, primarily as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Individual_mobilization_augmentee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Individual mobilization augmentee (page does not exist)">individual mobilization augmentees</a>. In 1999, Captain Patrick Assayag led a team to discuss the possibility of activating a reserve squadron to support the 614th Space Operations Flight. </p><p>On 1 October 1999, the <b>9th Space Operations Squadron</b> was activated as a <a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">reserve</a> squadron<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 37 billets and the responsibility of supporting the newly redesignated <a href="/wiki/614th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="614th Space Operations Squadron">614th Space Operations Squadron</a> to build the weekly Space Tasking Order. Many reservists supporting Fourteenth Air Force were then reassigned to the 9th Squadron. At the unit activation ceremony, Major General Robert Hinson, commander of Fourteenth Air Force, stated "our ability to maintain our nation's superiority in space is dependent upon the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve as critical contributors to part of a cohesive Total Force." </p><p>In 2002, the space mission transferred from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a> to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a>, as Space Command inactivated. Then in 2003, Strategic Command's Joint Force Component Command was developed, and the Joint Space Operations Center was activated under the command's Space and Global Strike.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2005, as the Fiscal Year 2008 Program Objective Memorandum was drafted, Air Force Space Command increased the squadron's manpower authorization from 37 to 126 billets, ensuring additional support to the 614th and the new <a href="/wiki/614th_Space_Intelligence_Squadron" title="614th Space Intelligence Squadron">614th Space Intelligence Squadron</a>. Also that year, the <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Space Control Squadron">1st Space Control Squadron</a> moved to Vandenberg to become part of the 614th Space Operations Squadron. The 1st and 614th Space Operations Squadron combined to form the 614th Air and Space Operations Center in 2007. </p><p>In 2010, the command structure of the 9th was adjusted to bring it more in line with the host 614 AOC's O-6 led command and division chief structure.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2019)">clarification needed</span></a> what does this mean?</i>]</sup> </p><p>The 9th was redesignated the <b>9th Combat Operations Squadron</b> in a ceremony held on 3 June 2017<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to follow the name standard of other reserve units associated with Air Operations Centers throughout the Air Force. Today, the 9th is a unit of over 100 space, intelligence and communications professionals, expanding the role of support of the 614th and the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Space_Operations_Center" title="Combined Space Operations Center">Combined Space Operations Center</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>761st Bombardment Squadron</b> (Heavy) on 19 May 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 Jul 1943</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>761st Bombardment Squadron</b>, Heavy on 29 September 1944</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 26 September 1945</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>9th Reconnaissance Squadron</b>, Very Long Range, Photographic on 29 April 1946</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 20 June 1946</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 20 October 1947</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</b>, Electronics and Weather on 21 July 1953</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 11 November 1953</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</b>, Photo-Jet on 15 May 1965</li> <li>Redesignated <b>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</b> on 1 October 1966</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 31 August 1971</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>9th Space Operations Squadron</b> on 5 February 1999</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in the reserve on 1 October 1999<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>9th Combat Operations Squadron</b> c. 3 June 2017<sup id="cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>460th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943 – 26 September 1945</li> <li>314th Composite Wing, 20 June 1946 – 20 October 1947 (attached to <a href="/wiki/3d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Bombardment Group">3d Bombardment Group</a> c. 25 Sep 1946; <a href="/wiki/71st_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="71st Reconnaissance Group">71st Reconnaissance Group</a>, 22 April 1947; 3d Bombardment Group after 7 May 1947)</li> <li>363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 11 November 1953</li> <li>363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 February 1958</li> <li>4402d Tactical Training Group, 1 July 1966</li> <li>363 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 February 1967</li> <li>75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 September 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing</a>, 15 July–31 August 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="310th Space Group">310th Space Group</a>, 1 October 1999</li> <li>310th Operations Group, 7 March 2008 – present<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 1 July 1943</li> <li>Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, 31 August 1943</li> <li>Chatham Army Air Field, Georgia, 29 October 1943 – 3 January 1944</li> <li>Spinazzola Airfield, Italy, c. 11 February 1944 – 6 June 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waller_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Waller Field">Waller Field</a>, Trinidad, 15 June 1945</li> <li>Parnamirim Airport, Brazil, 30 June 1945 – 26 September 1945</li> <li>Johnson Air Base, Japan, 20 June 1946</li> <li>Yokota Air Base, Japan, c. September 1946 – 20 October 1947</li> <li>Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 11 Nov 1953</li> <li>Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 1 Sep 1969 – 31 Aug 1971</li> <li>Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, 1 Oct 1999 – present<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Systems_operated">Systems operated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Systems operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945</li> <li>Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1946–1947</li> <li>Consolidated F-7 Liberator, 1946–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft F-2</a>, 1946–1947</li> <li>Boeing F-9 (later FB-17) Flying_Fortress, 1946–1947</li> <li>Boeing F-13 Superfortress, 1947</li> <li>Douglas RB-26 Invader, 1954–1956</li> <li>Lockheed RT-33A Shooting Star, 1955–1956</li> <li>Lockheed WT-33 Shooting Star, 1956</li> <li>North American TB-25 Mitchell, 1956</li> <li>Douglas RB-66 Destroyer, 1956–1966</li> <li>Douglas WB-66 Destroyer, 1957–1966<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer761BS2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer761BS2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>McDonnell Douglas RF-4 Phantom II, 1965–1967, 1969–1971</li> <li>Functional (non-Falconer) <a href="/wiki/Air_Operations_Center" title="Air Operations Center">Air Operations Center</a>, 2000–Present<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_campaigns">Awards and campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards and campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award streamer</th> <th>Award</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/200px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/300px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/400px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a></td> <td>26 July 1944</td> <td>Austria 761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a></td> <td>23 October 1962-24 November 1962</td> <td>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 November 1969-31 May 1971</td> <td>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>15 July 1971-31 August 1971</td> <td>9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 October 2002–30 July 2004</td> <td>9th Space Operations Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 August 2004–31 July 2006</td> <td>9th Space Operations Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 August 2006–31 July 2008</td> <td>9th Space Operations Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/200px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/300px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/400px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Organizational Excellence Award">Air Force Organizational Excellence Award</a></td> <td>1 October 2001–30 September 2003</td> <td>9th Space Operations Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Offensive, Europe</td> <td>c. 11 February 1944 – 5 June 1944</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Combat, EAME Theater</td> <td>c. 11 February 1944 – 11 May 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Rome-Arno</td> <td>c. 11 February 1944 – 9 September 1944</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Central Europe</td> <td>22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Normandy</td> <td>6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Northern France</td> <td>25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Southern France</td> <td>15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>North Apennines</td> <td>10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Rhineland</td> <td>15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Po Valley</td> <td>3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_(Plain).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/200px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/300px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png/400px-World_War_II_-_American_Campaign_Streamer_%28Plain%29.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>American Theater without inscription</td> <td>15 June 1945–25 September 1945</td> <td>761st Bombardment Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_reconnaissance_squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons">List of United States Air Force reconnaissance squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_F-4_Phantom_II_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of F-4 Phantom II operators">List of F-4 Phantom II operators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_A-26_Invader_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of A-26 Invader operators">List of A-26 Invader operators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_B-29_Superfortress_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of B-29 Superfortress operators">List of B-29 Superfortress operators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator_units_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces">B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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This plane was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center">Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center</a> on 9 September 1991. It is now on display at the East Mississippi Veteran's Memorial near <a href="/wiki/Key_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Key Field">Key Field</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBaugher2023" class="citation web cs1">Baugher, Joe (10 April 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1967.html">"1967 USAF Serial Numbers"</a>. Joe Baugher<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1967+USAF+Serial+Numbers&rft.pub=Joe+Baugher&rft.date=2023-04-10&rft.aulast=Baugher&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joebaugher.com%2Fusaf_serials%2F1967.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A9th+Combat+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Approved 6 May 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Approved 14 October 1946. Description: On a yellow disc edged black, a stylized hawk of the second [color mentioned] in flight toward <a href="/wiki/Dexter_and_sinister" title="Dexter and sinister">dexter</a> <a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">base</a>. The 31st Reconnaissance Squadron continued to use this emblem after it replaced the 9th at Yokota Air Base, rather than its own emblem, but that use was not officially approved.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft is Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer, serial 53-0418. This plane was transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center on 11 December 1969. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaugher2023" class="citation web cs1">Baugher, Joe (9 June 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1953.html">"1953 USAF Serial Numbers"</a>. Joe Baugher<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1953+USAF+Serial+Numbers&rft.pub=Joe+Baugher&rft.date=2023-06-09&rft.aulast=Baugher&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joebaugher.com%2Fusaf_serials%2F1953.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A9th+Combat+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span>Photo taken in 1965.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9SOSfacts-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts_3-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKane2010" class="citation web cs1">Kane, Robert B. (27 December 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432493/9-space-operations-squadron-afrc/">"Factsheet 9 Space Operations Squadron (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+9+Space+Operations+Squadron+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2010-12-27&rft.aulast=Kane&rft.aufirst=Robert+B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F432493%2F9-space-operations-squadron-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A9th+Combat+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer761BS-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer761BS_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 741–742</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorton1999" class="citation web cs1">Morton, TSG David D. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Reserve+activates+two+new+space+units&rft.pub=302d+Airlift+Wing+Public+Affairs+%28mirrored+at+Federation+of+American+Scientists+web+page%29&rft.date=1999-11-02&rft.aulast=Morton&rft.aufirst=TSG+David+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fnews%2Fusa%2F1999%2F11%2Fn19991102_992018.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A9th+Combat+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-310SQ9COS-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-310SQ9COS_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNo_byline2018" class="citation web cs1">No byline (October 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.310sw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/453654/9th-space-operations-squadron/">"310th Space Wing: 9th Combat Operations Squadron"</a>. 310th Space Wing Public Affairs<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.atitle=9+Space+Operations+Squadron+%28AFRC%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F432493%2F9-space-operations-squadron-afrc%2Fhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.afhra.af.mil%252FAbout-Us%252FFact-Sheets%252FDisplay%252FArticle%252F432493%252F9-space-operations-squadron-afrc%252F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A9th+Combat+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9SOSfacts2-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9SOSfacts2_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lineage through November 2010 in Kane, AFHRA Factsheet.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer761BS2-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer761BS2_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft through March 1963 in Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 741–742</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">World Airpower Journal. 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Division">840th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Named units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Forces_Panama" title="Air Forces Panama">Air Forces Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik" title="Naval Air Station Keflavik">Air Forces Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense, Tactical Air Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Major_bases_and_units_of_Tactical_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Major bases and units of Tactical Air Command">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">TFW</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Airlift Wing">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Fighter_Wing" title="20th Fighter Wing">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Operations Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Training_Wing" title="37th Training Wing">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Space_Wing" title="50th Space Wing">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Fighter_Wing" title="312th Fighter Wing">312th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323d_Flying_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="323d Flying Training Wing">323d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/347th_Rescue_Wing" title="347th Rescue Wing">347th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Fighter_Wing" title="354th Fighter Wing">354th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Wing" title="355th Wing">355th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Wing" title="1st Special Operations Wing">1st SOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Wing" title="57th Wing">57th FWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Airlift Wing">63d TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="64th Airlift Wing">64th TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Network_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Network Warfare Wing">67th TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Air_Base_Wing" title="75th Air Base Wing">75th TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Group" title="85th Group">85th TFTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/317th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="317th Airlift Wing">317th TAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363d_Flying_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="363d Flying Training Group">363d TRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="405th Air Expeditionary Wing">405th TFTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Tactical_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Tactical Bombardment Wing">461st TBW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4505th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="4505th Air Refueling Wing">4505th ARW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Major_bases_and_units_of_Tactical_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Major bases and units of Tactical Air Command">Former<br />bases</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Active<br />(MAJCOM)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_City-Base" title="Brooks City-Base">Brooks</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Air_Force_Base" title="Cannon Air Force Base">Cannon</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Base" title="Charleston Air Force Base">Charleston</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis–Monthan (ACC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill</a> (AMFC)</li> <li><a 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title="306th Flying Training Group">306th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Armament_Systems_Group" title="308th Armament Systems Group">308th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Aeronautical_Systems_Group" title="312th Aeronautical Systems Group">312th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/330th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="330th Bombardment Group">330th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="331st Bombardment Group">331st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/393rd_Bombardment_Group" title="393rd Bombardment Group">393rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/395th_Bombardment_Group" title="395th Bombardment Group">395th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/396th_Bombardment_Group" title="396th Bombardment Group">396th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/399th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="399th Bombardment Group">399th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400th_Bombardment_Group" title="400th Bombardment Group">400th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="401st Air Expeditionary Group">401st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415th_Bombardment_Group" title="415th Bombardment Group">415th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418th_Bombardment_Group" title="418th Bombardment Group">418th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Operations_Group" title="445th Operations Group">445th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Operations_Group" title="446th Operations Group">446th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/447th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="447th Air Expeditionary Group">447th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Electronic_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="450th Electronic Warfare Wing">450th 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