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The 99th Aero Squadron was a Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation).

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rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	99th Aero Squadron
rdfs:comment	The 99th Aero Squadron was a Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation).
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aircraft fighter	Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1918
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Branch	15(xsd:integer)
command structure	American Expeditionary Forces
Role	Corps Observation
identification symbol	125(xsd:integer)
Type	Squadron
identification symbol label	99(xsd:integer)
Caption	Pilots of the 99th Aero Squadron pose with a Salmson 2A2 at Parois Airdrome, France, November 1919
Dates	--08-21
Unit Name	99(xsd:integer)
notable commanders	Maj. Arthur R. ChristieCapt. James E. MeredithCapt. Lyle S. Powell
Battles	150(xsd:integer)
equipment label	Fuselage Code
aircraft recon	Salmson 2A2, 1918-1919
operations	--06-12
abstract	The 99th Aero Squadron was a Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation). The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 9th Operations Group, Beale Air Force Base, California.

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