Pilotless Bomber Squadron
Pilotless Bomber Squadron may refer to various military units for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones):
- 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron, a USAF unit initially designated the First Pilotless Bomber Squadron (Light) in October 1951[1]
- 2nd Pilotless Bomber Squadron[2]
- 11th Pilotless Bomber Squadron (1954-5), a USAF unit that became the 11th Tactical Missile Squadron[3]
- 69th Pilotless Bomber Squadron[4]
- Pilotless Aircraft Unit (1945-tbd), a Navy Bureau of Aeronautics unit at NAS Mojave with a detachment at Point Mugu[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pilotless Bomber Can Carry A-Bomb at 700 M.P.H." Popular Science. November 1951.
First Pilotless Bomber Squadron (Light)…was activated last month at the Air Force Missile Test Center at Cocoa, Fla.
- ^ Lanning, Lt Col Randall L. (1992). United States Air Force Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (Report). Air War College. AD-A258 351.
- ^ "11th Tactical Missile Squadron". Sembach Air Base Germany: Headquarters - 38th Tactical Missile Wing. Mace-B.com. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
The 11th TMS was originally activated 17 June 1954 at Orlando AFB, Florida, as the 11th Pilotless Bomber Squadron, 9th Air Force (TAC). The unit was redesignated the 11th Tactical Missile Squadron on 08 June 1955 … On 15 September 1956, the 7382nd Tactical Missile Group was inactivated and replaced by the newly activated 587th Tactical Missile Group
- ^ Cleary, Mark C. (45th SW Chief Historian). "Chapter II, Section I: MATADOR Operations Through 1954". The 6555th: Missile and Space Launches Through 1970 (Report). Patrick Air Force Base: 45 Space Wing Office of History. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
the 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron departed Patrick for Germany on March 9th [1954] … the 69th [Pilotless Bomber Squadron on] 15 September 1954…departed for Germany
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Merrill, Capt Grayson. "Innovation Wins Wars". Your story - Class of 1934. USNA Alumni Association and Foundation. Retrieved 7 January 2013.