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2nd Bombardment Squadron | |
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Active | 1940–1963; 1963–1982; 1989–1992 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Control of deployed strategic units |
Part of | Strategic Air Command |
Motto(s) | Above and Beyond (1989–1992) |
Engagements | Southwest Pacific Theater Korean War[1] |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation[1][2] |
Insignia | |
2d Strategic Squadron emblem (approved 1989)[3] | |
2d Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 15 April 1952)[1] | |
2d Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[4] |
The 2bd Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment as a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress squadron was with the Strategic Air Command 22nd Bombardment Wing stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 October 1982. The unit was redesignated as the 2nd Strategic Squadron as a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker rotational squadron with the 306th Strategic Wing and was last active at RAF Mildenhall, England in 1992.