393rd Bombardment Squadron, US Air Force
393RD BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 393 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 28 Feb 1944. Activated on 11 Mar 1944. Redesignated as: 393 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 2 Jul 1948; 393 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 2 Apr 1966; 393 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 1 Dec 1969. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1990. Redesignated as 393 Bomb Squadron on 12 Mar 1993. Activated on 27 Aug 1993. Combat in Western Pacific, 1 Jul–14 Aug 1945. Only squadron trained for atomic warfare in World War II; dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 Aug 1945, and the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 Aug 1945. Participated in atomic bomb tests on Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946, while deployed on Kwajalein. Rotated aircraft and crews to Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of Southeast Asia Operations, 1966–1969. Not operational, Nov 1969–Jun 1971. First operational B-2 squadron in USAF; received B-2 nicknamed “Spirit of Missouri” on 17 Dec 1993. Squadron took the aircraft into its first combat mission when two of the B-2s attacked targets in support of Operation Allied Force in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. After terrorist attacks on the US on 11 Sep 2001, participated in Operation Enduring Freedom by flying a world record 44 hour sortie. Mar 2003, first combat deployment of B-2s at start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Rotated to Andersen AFB, Guam as part of Asia-Pacific bomber presence, 2005-.
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The Emblem was approved on 15 July 1957; latest rendition approved on 12 July 2007.
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