17th Attack Squadron, US Air Force

17TH ATTACK SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 14 Jul 1942. Activated on 23 Jul 1942. Redesignated as: 17 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943; 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943. Inactivated on 19 Apr 1946. Redesignated as 17 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet on 1 Apr 1951. Activated on 2 Apr 1951. Redesignated as 17 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Oct 1966. Inactivated 1 Jan 1979. Redesignated as 17 Reconnaissance Squadron on 4 Mar 2002. Activated on 8 Mar 2002. Redesignated as 17 Attack Squadron on 15 May 2016.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 17th Attack Squadron, US Air Force
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 28 February 1957; latest rendering, 7 February 2017.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons


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