72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron

72d Test and Evaluation Squadron
B-2 Spirit landing at Whiteman AFB
Active1918–1919; 1923–1947; 1947–1963; 1994–1996; 1998–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleWeapon system testing and evaluation
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQWhiteman Air Force Base
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
72d Test and Evaluation Squadron emblem (approved 14 February 1924)[1]
Cape Gloucester New Guinea airdrome as a Liberator saw it during pre-invasion bombing, December 1943
Pin-up girl painted on a dumped American World War Two aircraft. Aircraft identity: B-24 Liberator bomber, serial number 44-40546, nose art Two Time, assigned to 72nd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force.
Squadron photo of the 72d Reconnaissance Squadron, 1948
RB-29 on the ramp in the snow at Ladd AFB 1948
RB-36H (51-13741) flying over San Francisco Bay, 1954

The 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron is part of the 53d Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The squadron is geographically separated but is operated from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It conducts testing and evaluation of the B-2 Spirit aircraft.

  1. ^ Warnock, A. Timothy (20 December 2007). "Factsheet 72 Test and Evaluation Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 22 October 2016.