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Approved 30 September 1931, reinstated 13 January 1994. The unit emblem is a blue disk with a black volcano with red lava flowing from the crater, extending upward as red and yellow rays intermingling with clouds. On the front are five black bombs signifying the 23 BS with three on the dexter
512:(Short Range Attack Missile). In 1980, the 23rd gained the offensive avionics system, and led Strategic Air Command's venture into modern conventional war fighting as the lead unit for the Strategic Projection Force, in support of the U.S.
1539:. Series B: Air Service Activities with the French, British, and Italians. Vol. 2 History of the Air Service in Great Britain. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration.
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The squadron, along with other bomber units provide aircraft and personnel for regular rotational deployments to
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence since 2004.
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Britain, it started training before going to France, where it arrived on Armistice day. It was stationed at the Air Service Replacement Concentration Barracks
410:. Six Keystones of the 23rd used precision bombing tactics to drop twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the volcano's lava flow, thus saving the city of Hilo by diverting the lava away from the city.
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June 2016 three of the unit's B-52H bombers deployed to RAF Fairford for NATO Maritime exercise "BALTOPS" and for JTAC (Joint
Terminal Attack Controller) exercise "Saber Strike".
398:. It spent the decades of the 1920s and 1930s stationed in Hawaii. There, the squadron flew a number of bomber types, most notably the Keystone bomber series and later the
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strategic bomber. The men and women of the "Bomber Barons" stand ready to project global power on a daily basis in both conventional and nuclear warfare.
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Japanese F-2-fighters during exercise Cope North 09–1 in February 2009 over Andersen Air Force Base
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Part of the 5th
Bombardment Group, the 23rd fought its way across the Southwest Pacific during World War II. The 23rd initially flew
430:(DUC)s for flying the longest over-water bombing mission ever flown to date, some 1,300 miles each way, to bomb the Japanese base at
402:. It was during the squadron's stay in Hawaii that the event signified by the squadron emblem took place. On 27 December 1935, the
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Bombardment squadrons of the United States Air Force
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215:23rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
60:B-52H 23rd Bomb Squadron landing at Minot AFB
32:23rd Reconnaissance Squadron (disambiguation)
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270:. The squadron saw combat during
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662:23rd Reconnaissance Squadron
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2691:Provisional
2661:Combat crew
2171:Helicopters
2136:B-1B Lancer
1982:Flight test
1519:17 December
1489:17 December
1442:17 December
1300:1 September
1279:3 September
1258:1 September
1237:1 September
1076:, 1948–1951
1064:, 1947–1948
1049:, 1937–1939
1047:Martin B-12
1043:, 1929-1937
1037:, 1929-1937
1031:, 1929-1937
1025:, 1922-1929
1019:, 1922-1929
1013:, 1922-1929
933:Clark Field
877:New Georgia
863:Guadalcanal
818:March Field
702:Assignments
510:AGM-69 SRAM
443:Martin B-10
357:World War I
268:World War I
260:Kelly Field
170:Decorations
160:World War I
156:Engagements
140:Nickname(s)
130:Garrison/HQ
2743:Categories
2207:Leadership
2141:B-2 Spirit
2054:Helicopter
1832:Operations
1816:Helicopter
1680:Air Forces
1403:16 October
1382:2010022326
1167:References
887:Los Negros
824:Luke Field
363:Camp Kelly
151:Red/yellow
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2708:365th (P)
2703:364th (P)
2698:486th (P)
1887:Squadrons
1644:Malmstrom
1629:Ellsworth
1619:Barksdale
1562:215070705
1545:215070705
1390:637712205
1172:Citations
1123:Mauna Loa
530:in 1994.
404:Mauna Loa
334:July 2015
305:does not
2728:63rd (P)
2723:64th (P)
2718:65th (P)
2244:Bussiere
2214:Kowalski
2187:Missiles
2096:Training
1709:Air Base
1654:Whiteman
1639:Kirtland
1476:70605402
1437:61060979
1217:Maurer,
1203:26 March
1091:See also
1004:Aircraft
903:Noemfoor
758:Stations
485:and the
450:Cold War
280:Cold War
249:squadron
198:Insignia
2155:Command
2129:Bombers
2122:systems
1998:Missile
1763:Missile
954:Okinawa
917:Morotai
556:Lineage
525:AGM-129
518:AGM-86B
326:removed
311:sources
286:History
74:Country
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1612:Bases
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2010:12th
2005:10th
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