28th Bomb Squadron

28th Bomb Squadron
28th Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer[note 1]
Active1917–1919; 1921–1922; 1922–1944; 1944–1983; 1987–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeSquadron
RoleBombardment, formerly pursuit
Part of7th Bomb Wing
Garrison/HQDyess Air Force Base, Texas
Tail Code"DY"
EngagementsWorld War I
Southwest Pacific Theater
Korean War[1]
Decorations

  • Distinguished Unit Citation (9x)

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (6x)

  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation[1]
Insignia
28th Bomb Squadron emblem (approved 26 March 1996)[1]
28th Aero Squadron emblem (approved by AEF 18 November 1918,[2] approved 14 February 1924 for 28th Bombardment Squadron[1][3])
Aircraft flown
BomberB-1B Lancer

The 28th Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Global Strike Command, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron is equipped with the Rockwell B-1B Lancer.[1]

The 28th is one of the oldest and most decorated units in the United States Air Force, being organized as the 28th Aero Squadron on 22 June 1917 at Camp Kelly, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a pursuit squadron. The unit was demobilized after the war in 1919.[4]

Organized in 1921 as the 28th Squadron (Bombardment) in the permanent United States Army Air Service, the squadron served in the Philippines during the Inter-War period, engaging in combat during the 1941–42 Battle of the Philippines at the beginning of World War II. Withdrawn to Australia, it fought in the Dutch East Indies campaign before returning to the United States and being re-equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers. It returned to the Pacific Theater of Operations in early 1945 to carry out strategic bombing missions over the Japanese Home Islands.[3]

It carried out B-29 bombardment missions over North Korea during the Korean War. During the Cold War, it served as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress squadron as part of Strategic Air Command.[3]


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  1. ^ a b c d e Robertson, Patsy (7 March 2008). "Factsheet 28 Bomb Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ "World War I Aero Squadrons". Cross and Cockade Journal. 5 (2). Society of World War I Aero Historians: 145. 1964.
  3. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 141–143
  4. ^ Gorrell[page needed]