29th Attack Squadron, US Air Force
29TH ATTACK SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 13 Observation Squadron (Medium) on 5 Feb 1942. Activated on 10 Mar 1942. Redesignated as: 13 Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942; 13 Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 1 Apr 1943; 13 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943; 29 Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 25 Jan 1946. Inactivated on 29 Jul 1946. Redesignated as 29 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Photo-Jet) on 14 Jan 1954. Activated on 18 Mar 1954. Redesignated as 29 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Oct 1966. Inactivated on 24 Jan 1971. Redesignated as 29 Attack Squadron on 20 Oct 2009. Activated on 23 Oct 2009.
Upon activation, trained and supplied individual reconnaissance pilot replacements for overseas assignments until inactivation in 1946. Trained and conducted reconnaissance operations to provide visual and photographic information on the location, movement and activities of friendly and enemy forces, flying various types of photo-reconnaissance aircraft, 1954-1971. Redesignated as the 29 Attack Squadron and activated in Oct 2009. Trained officers as pilots and enlisted personnel as sensor operators for flight operations of the MQ-9 Reaper.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 12 December 1956; latest rendition approved, 3 October 2016.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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