17th Defense System Evaluation Squadron
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 Martin EB-57E 55-4253 17th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, about 1975 | |
| Active | 1974–1979 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Air Defense Command |
| Part of | 24th Air Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Malmstrom Air Force Base |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Meritorious Unit Commendation |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col Thomas W. Liner, 28 June 1974 Maj Gen Louis G. Leiser, 30 July 1974 Col David B. Ballou, 29 March 1977 (interim) Maj Gen Don D. Pittman, 29 April 1977 Maj Gen Walter H. Baxter III, 29 September 1978 |
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| 17th DSES Squadron Patch |  |
The 17th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 24th Air Division of Aerospace Defense Command at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. It was inactivated on 13 July 1979.
The squadron was first activated during World War II at Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii. It provided gunnery training to fighter aircraft of Seventh Air Force until being inactivated in the post war reduction of the United States military.
The squadron was again activated under Air Defense Command (ADC) at Vincent Air Force Base, Arizona in 1955 as an element of the 4750th Air Defense Wing. It moved with the wing to MacDill AFB, Florida in 1959, where it was inactivated when ADC concentrated its fighter weapons training at Tyndall AFB, Florida.