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658th Bombardment Squadron

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Active
  
1958–1962

Type
  
Bombardment

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Air Force

The 658th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 9th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. It was inactivated on January 1, 1962.

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History

The squadron was activated in 1958 as a result of Strategic Air Command phasing out the B-47, and additional squadrons were activated as part of the consolation of Stratojet wings, and the replacement of the B-47 by B-52 Stratofortresses. The squadron was inactivated on January 1, 1962 as part of the drawdown of the USAF B-47 force.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 658th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 11 August 1958
    • Activated on 1 October 1958 Inactivated on 1 January 1962
  • Consolidated with the 858th Bombardment Squadron as the 968th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron on 19 September 1985

    • Assignments

  • 9th Bombardment Wing, 1 October 1958 – 1 January 1962

    • Stations

  • Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 1 October 1958 – 1 January 1962

    • Aircraft

  • B-47 Stratojet, 1958–1962

    • References

    658th Bombardment Squadron Wikipedia
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