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+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
+Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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