867th Attack Squadron
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The 867th Attack Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It was reactivated at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on 10 September 2012 as a remotely piloted aircraft squadron.[2]
867th Attack Squadron | |
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Active | 1917–1918; 1940-1946; 2012-present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Attack and reconnaissance |
Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Creech Air Force Base, Nevada |
Nickname(s) | Spartans[citation needed] |
Motto(s) | Fear the Thunder[citation needed] |
Mascot(s) | Spartan[citation needed] |
Engagements | American Theater of World War II Pacific Theater of Operations |
Decorations | Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation |
Insignia | |
867th Attack Squadron Emblem[lower-alpha 1][1] | |
Aircraft flown | |
MQ-9 Reaper |
The squadron was first active during World War I as the 92d Aero Squadron. It deployed to England in October 1917 and conducted training with the Royal Air Force, but saw no combat. It returned to the United States at the end of 1918 and was demobilized.
Activated as the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron several months before the American entry into World War II, the squadron performed in the antisubmarine campaign, while changing its designation every few months. When the United States Navy assumed full responsibility for the antisubmarine campaign in 1943, it became the 867th Bombardment Squadron and provided the cadre for a new Consolidated B-24 Liberator group. The squadron moved to the Pacific and entered combat against Japan, serving to the end of the war.