103rd Attack Squadron

103rd Attack Squadron
MQ-9 Reaper in flight
Active27 June 1924 – Present
Country United States
Allegiance Pennsylvania
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeSquadron
Part ofPennsylvania Air National Guard
Garrison/HQNaval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Nickname(s)Black Hogs
Tail CodePA
EngagementsWorld War II
Insignia
103rd Fighter Squadron emblem
103rd Observation Squadron emblem (approved 10 April 1931)[1]

The 103rd Attack Squadron (103 ATKS) is an active unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard previously known as the 103rd Fighter Squadron (103 FS). It is assigned to the 111th Attack Wing, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The squadron was inactivated on 31 March 2011 and later reactivated as the 103rd Attack Squadron at the new Horsham Air Guard Station, on the grounds of the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove. Along with these name changes came a change of mission. The 103rd Attack Squadron now flies the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft.

The squadron was a descendant organization of the Pennsylvania National Guard 103rd Observation Squadron, formed on 27 June 1924. It was one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 188