9th Bomb Squadron (United States)
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| Active | 14 June 1917 - 29 June 1922 1 April 1931 - 6 January 1946 1 October 1946 - 25 June 1968 2 July 1969 - 15 August 1992 1 October 1993 - Present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Strategic Bombing |
| Part of | Air Combat Command 12th Air Force 7th Bomb Wing 7th Operations Group |
| Garrison/HQ | Dyess Air Force Base |
| Decorations |  DCU AFOUA PPUC |
The 9th Bomb Squadron (9 BS) is part of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. It operates B-1 Lancer aircraft providing strategic bombing capability. It is the 2nd oldest active bomb squadron in the Air Force
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[edit] Mission
The squadron repairs, services, launches, recovers, and inspects B-1 aircraft capable of sustained intercontinental missions and world-wide deployment/employment from forward operating locations.
[edit] History
The 9 BS saw combat with First Army as observation unit specializing in night reconnaissance, 2 September-11 November 1918, and subsequently served with Third Army as part of occupation forces until May 1919. It then patrolled the Mexican border from, August 1919-April 1920 and c. January-July 1921.
The squadron flew Antisubmarine patrols off the California coast, 8-c. 12 December 1941. The 9th went on to fly combat missions in Southwest Pacific, c. 13 January-c. 1 March 1942, the China-Burma-India Theater, 2 April-4 June 1942, 22 November 1942-10 June 1944, and 19 October 1944-10 May 1945, the Mediterranean Theater of Operations from, c. 4 July-1 October 1942, and transportation of gasoline to forward bases in China from, 20 June-30 September 1944 and June-September 1945.
The 9th deployed B-52s and aircrews for combat in Southeast Asia, June-November 1965. It trained B-52 aircrews to maintain combat readiness from, 1971-1992. It has provided aircraft and aircrews for nuclear and conventional taskings since 1993. The unit flew more than 300 combat sorties during its four-month deployment in mid-2006 in support of the war on terrorism.
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- 1st Army Observation Group (1918)
- 3rd Army Air Service (1918 – 1919)
- Western Department (1919 – 1920)
- 9th Corps Area (1920 – 1922)
- 7 Bombardment Group (1931 – 1946)
- Attached: United States Army Middle East Air Force (28 June – c. 4 October 1942)
- 7th Bombardment Wing (1946 – 1968)
- 340th Bombardment Group (1969 – 1971)
- 7th Bomb Wing (1971 - 1992, 1993 - Present)
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