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659th Bombardment Squadron

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Active
  
1958-1961

Type
  
Bombardment

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Air Force

The 659th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 19th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Homestead AFB, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 July 1961.

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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 1 July 1961 as part of the drawdown of the USAF B-47 force.

The squadron was assigned to 19th Bombardment Wing from 1 November 1958 to 1 July 1961 and was stationed at Homestead AFB, Florida for the period during which it operated the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 659th Bombardment Squadron, Medium
    • Activated on 1 November 1958 Inactivated on 1 June 1961
  • Consolidated on 15 September 1985 with the 559th Bombardment Squadron as the 969th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron

    • Assignments

  • 19th Bombardment Wing: 1 November 1958 - 1 June 1961

    • Stations

  • Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, 1 November 1958 - 1 June 1961

    • Aircraft

  • Boeing B-47 Stratojet

    • References

    659th Bombardment Squadron Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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