492nd Attack Squadron
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The 492d Attack Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 49th Operations Group, stationed at March Air Reserve Base, California. It was reactivated on 15 April 2019.
492d Attack Squadron | |
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Active | 1917–1919; 1925–1937; 1942–1946; 1946–1963, 2019-present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Unmanned vehicle training |
Part of | Air Education and Training Command |
Nickname(s) | Busy Beaver Bombing Co. (CBI Theater)[1] |
Engagements | World War I World War II (Asia-Pacific Theater) |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation (2x) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
Insignia | |
492d Attack Squadron emblem (approved 28 February 1952)[2] | |
492d Bombardment Squadron emblem (WW II)[1] |
The squadron's first predecessor was organized in 1917 as the 80th Aero Squadron. It moved to France the following year, where it was redesignated the 492d Aero Squadron (Construction) and served as a support unit. It returned to the United States, where it was demobilized in 1919.
The second predecessor of the squadron is the 492d Bombardment Squadron, which served in the Organized Reserve from 1925 to 1937. It was consolidated with the Aero Squadron in 1936, but was disbanded along with other reserve units in May 1942, shortly after the United States entered World War II.
The squadron's third predecessor was activated in India in late 1942 as the 492d Bombardment Squadron. It served in combay in the China Burma India Theater, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation. After V-J Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated at the port of embarkation. A few months later, the squadron was reactivated as a Strategic Air Command bomber unit. It served in the strategic bomber role until being inactivated in 1963, when its resources were transferred to another squadron.