25th Aero Squadron

Service record
Operations	4th Pursuit Group; Western Front, France: 22 October-11 November 1918 2 Sorties into enemy territory, one each on 10 and 11 November 1918. No combat engaged in.;

25th Aero Squadron
25th Aero Squadron
	Austin-built 25th Aero Squadron British S.E.5a, British s/n F8005, with 200 hp Wolseley Viper engine, Gengault Aerodrome, Toul, France, November 1918
Active	7 May 1917 – 17 June 1919
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Service
Type	Squadron
Role	Pursuit
Part of	American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Engagements	; World War I
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Maj. Reed G. Landis
Insignia
25th Aero Squadron Emblem
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A, 1918–1919

The 25th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.

The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 4th Pursuit Group, Second United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and bombardment squadrons over enemy territory.^[4]

The squadron saw limited combat, and with Second Army's planned offensive drive on Metz cancelled due to the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and was demobilized .^[3]^[5]

The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 25th Space Range Squadron, based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado and assigned to the Nevada Test & Training Range. On March 31, 2020, it was announced that the 25th would be moved to the newly formed United States Space Force. This transfer will make the 25th the oldest unit in the USSF.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference AFHRA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Series "H", Section "O", Volume 29, Weekly Statistical Reports of Air Service Activities, October 1918 – May 1919. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
^ ^a ^b Series "E", Volume 6, History of the 25th–27th Aero Squadrons. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
^ "Maurer, Maurer (1978), The US Air Service in World War I, The Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
^ Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the First World War, Volume 3, Part 3, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1949 (1988 Reprint)
^ Dickstein, Corey (31 March 2020). "23 Air Force units will become part of the Space Force". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020.

[AFHRA-1] Cite error: The named reference AFHRA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Series "H", Section "O", Volume 29, Weekly Statistical Reports of Air Service Activities, October 1918 – May 1919. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

[Gorrell-3] Series "E", Volume 6, History of the 25th–27th Aero Squadrons. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

[MaurerwwI-4] "Maurer, Maurer (1978), The US Air Service in World War I, The Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

[OOB-5] Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the First World War, Volume 3, Part 3, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1949 (1988 Reprint)

[6] Dickstein, Corey (31 March 2020). "23 Air Force units will become part of the Space Force". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020.

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