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486th Bombardment Squadron — Wikipedia (en)

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  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486th_Bombardment_Squadron},
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The 486th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 22d Bombardment Wing at March Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1971. The squadron was activated in 1942 and trained with North American B-25 Mitchells in the United States before deploying to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in early 1943. It flew combat missions in the Mediterranean until 1945, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions. Following V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States, where it was inactivated. The squadron was activated again in the Air Force Reserve in 1947, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped during this period. It was inactivated two years later as a result of Defense budget reductions. The squadron was reactivated in 1952 as a Strategic Air Command bomber unit flying Boeing B-47 Stratojets. It was put on full alert at dispersed bases in 1962 for the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1963, it moved to assume the personnel and Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses of another unit. While flying the "BUFF", the squadron deployed personnel and bombers to participate in the Vietnam War until it was inactivated in 1971 as older models of the B-52 were being phased out of active service.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «486th Bombardment Squadron» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486th_Bombardment_Squadron
Wikidata Q4638622: «military unit» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4638622
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486th_Bombardment_Squadron?action=history).
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