42nd Attack Squadron, US Air Force
42ND ATTACK SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Organized as 42 Aero Squadron on 13 Jun 1917. Redesignated as Squadron I, Wilbur Wright Fld, OH, on 1 Oct 1918. Demobilized on 21 Feb 1919. Reconstituted and consolidated (1924) with 42 Squadron which was authorized on 10 Jun 1922. Organized on 5 Jul 1922. Redesignated as: 42 School Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 42 Bombardment Squadron on 1 Mar 1935. Inactivated on 1 Sep 1936. Redesignated as 42 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated as: 42 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 11 Dec 1940; 42 Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 30 Apr 1946. Inactivated on 20 Oct 1948. Redesignated as 42 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), and activated, on 1 Dec 1948. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 Feb 1963. Redesignated as 42 Strategic Squadron on 19 Dec 1988. Activated on 1 Jan 1989. Inactivated on 7 Aug 1990. Redesignated as 42 Attack Squadron on 24 Oct 2006. Activated on 9 Nov 2006.
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The Emblem was approved 30 November 2009.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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