99th Aero Squadron
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The 99th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.
99th Aero Squadron | |
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Active | 21 August 1917 – 2 June 1919 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Air Service, United States Army |
Type | Squadron |
Role | Corps Observation |
Part of | American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
Engagements | World War I |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Maj. Arthur R. Christie Capt. James E. Meredith Capt. Lyle S. Powell[1] |
Insignia | |
99th Aero Squadron Emblem | |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1918[1] |
Reconnaissance | Salmson 2A2, 1918–1919[1] |
Service record | |
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Operations |
V Corps Observation Group
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Victories |
The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence.[5] After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation).[3][6]
The 99th Reconnaissance Squadron of the twenty-first century's United States Air Force, assigned to the 9th Operations Group, Beale Air Force Base, California, traces its descent from the 99th Aero Squadron.[1]