325th Weapons Squadron, US Air Force

325TH WEAPONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted 325 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Redesignated 325 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 29 Sep 1944. Inactivated on 28 Feb 1946. Redesignated 325 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 15 Jul 1946. Activated on 4 Aug 1946. Redesignated: 325 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 28 May 1948; 325 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 16 Jun 1951; 325 Bomb Squadron on 1 Sep 1991. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1994. Activated on 6 Jan 1998. Redesignated 325 Weapons Squadron on 9 Sep 2005. Performed antisubmarine missions while training in Florida, May-Jul 1942. Flew four combat missions while training replacement crews in England, 18 Aug 1942-6 Jan 1943. After reorganization, served in combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 15 May 1943-25 Apr 1945. Combat in Korea, 13 Jul-20 Oct 1950. Prepared for immediate launch of bombers on intercontinental attack missions for Strategic Air Command, 1951-1991, but ceased alert in Sep 1991. Unmanned, 6 Mar-23 Sep 1968; 15 Mar-14 Sep 1969 and Jun 1972-Oct 1973, while aircrews and aircraft deployed to Guam and Thailand for combat duty in Southeast Asia. Continued to take part in strategic bombardment training exercises until inactivation in 1994. Flew combat missions from Whiteman AFB, MO to Kosovo in Operation Allied Force, 24 Mar-21 May 1999. Accomplished the first combat deployment of the B-2 by deploying personnel and aircraft to participate in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM in Mar 2003. From 2001-2003 flew missions from Whiteman AFB, and deployed elements to the Indian Ocean Area to perform combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq in the global war on terror.

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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved 3 June 1943; revised on 10 October 2007.

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