Active 1959-1962 Type Bombardment | Country United States | |
Branch United States Air Force |
The 660th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 40th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Forbes AFB, Kansas. It was inactivated on 1 January 1962.
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The squadron was activated in 1959 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. In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy directed that the phaseout of the B-47 be accelerated. and the squadron was inactivated on 1 January 1962 as part of the drawdown of the USAF B-47 force.
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