- 37th Bomb Squadron
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 37th Bomb Squadron
caption= 37th Bomb Squadron Patch
dates=13 June 1917 -5 April 1919
1 September 1933 -31 January 1938
1 February 1940 -26 November 1945
19 May 1947 -10 September 1948
10 May 1952 -25 June 1958
1 July 1977 -1 October 1982
1 January 1987 - Present
country=United States
allegiance=
branch=United States Air Force
type=Strategic Bombing
role=
size=
command_structure=Air Combat Command
12th Air Force
28th Bomb Wing
28th Operations Group
current_commander=
garrison=Ellsworth Air Force Base
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battles=Doolittle Raid
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battle_honours=The 37th Bomb Squadron (37 BS) is part of the
28th Bomb Wing atEllsworth Air Force Base ,South Dakota . It operatesB-1 Lancer aircraft providing strategic bombing capability.Mission
Provide rapid, decisive and sustainable combat airpower anytime, anywhere.
History
The 37th participated in aircraft construction from
1917 –1918 and conducted flying training in1918 . It flew antisubmarine patrols from, December1941 –c. March1942 . The squadron also contributed aircrews for theDoolittle Raid onTokyo ,Japan on6 April 1942 .It flew combat missions in the
European Theater of Operations and theMediterranean Theater of Operations from31 December 1942 –1 May 1945 and inKorea from c.10 May 1952 –July1953 .Operations
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World War I
*World War II
*Korean War Lineage
*37th Aero Squadron (1917 - 1923)
*37th Pursuit Squadron (1923 - 1935)
*37th Attack Squadron (1935 - 1939)
*37th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1939 - 1944)
*37th Bombardment Squadron, Medium (1944 - 1947)
*37th Bombardment Squadron, Light (1947 - 1952)
*37th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Night Intruder (1952 - 1955)
*37th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical (1955 - 1977)
*37th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1977 - 1991)
*37th Bomb Squadron (1991 - Present)Assignments
*Third Aviation Instruction Center (1917 - 1919)
*18th Pursuit Group (1933 – 1935)
*2d Wing (1935 – 1938)
*28th Composite Group (1940 – 1941)
*17th Bombardment Group (1941 – 1945, 1947 – 1948, 1952 – 1958)
*28th Bomb Wing (1977 – 1982, 1987 - Present)Bases stationed
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Camp Kelly ,Texas (1917)
*Étampes ,France (1917)
*Issoudun , France (1917 - 1919)
*Bordeaux , France (1919)
*Mitchel Field ,New York (1919)
*Langley Field ,Virginia (1933 - 1938)
*Barksdale Field ,Louisiana (1940)
*Lowry Field ,Colorado (1940 - 1941)
*Pendleton,Oregon (1941 - 1942)
*Portland, Oregon (1941 - 1942)
*Lexington County Airport,South Carolina (1942)
*Barksdale Field, Louisiana (1942)
*Telergma,Algeria (1942 - 1943)
*Sedrata , Algeria (1943)
*Djedeida Air Field,Tunisia (1943)
*Villacidro ,Sardinia (1943 - 1944)
*Poretta,Corsica (1944)
*Dijon , France (1944 - 1945)
*Linz ,Austria (1945)
*Hörsching , Austria (1945)
*Marchtrenk , Austria (1945)
*Clastres , France (1945)
*Camp Myles Standish,Massachusetts (1945)
*Langley Air Force Base ,Virginia (1947 - 1948)
*Pusan Air Base,Korea (1952 - 1954)
*Miho Air Base ,Japan (1954 - 1955)
*Eglin Air Force Base ,Florida (1955 - 1958)
*RAF Alconbury ,England (1958)
*Ellsworth Air Force Base ,South Dakota (1977 - 1982, 1987 - Present)Aircraft Operated
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Avro 504 (1918)
*Sopwith Camel (1918)
*DH-4 (1918)
*Nieuport 27 (1918)
*P-6 Hawk (1933 - 1935)
*A-8 Shrike (1935 - 1936)
*A-17 Nomad (1936 - 1938)
*B-18 Bolo (1940 - 1941)
*B-25 Mitchell (1941 - 1942)
*B-26 Marauder (1942 – 1945, 1952 - 1956)
*B-57 Canberra (1955 - 1956)
*B-66 Destroyer (1956 - 1958)
*B-52 Stratofortress (1977 - 1982)
*B-1 Lancer (1987 - Present)References
* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0034bs.html USAF 34th Bomb Squadron History]
* [http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3736 28th Operations Group Fact Sheet]
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