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The 11th Bomb Squadron (11 BS) is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 11th is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress. The 11 BS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 11th Aero Squadron on 26 June 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a Day Bombardment squadron. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive.

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  • 11th Bomb Squadron
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  • The 11th Bomb Squadron (11 BS) is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 11th is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress. The 11 BS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 11th Aero Squadron on 26 June 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a Day Bombardment squadron. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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Garrison
  • Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
command structure
Role
  • Bombardment
identification symbol
  • 150(xsd:integer)
Nickname
  • Jiggs Squadron or Bewilderment Group
Type
  • Squadron
identification symbol label
  • 11(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Boeing B-52H-175-BW Stratofortress 61-0036, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
Dates
  • --06-01
  • --06-26
  • --07-01
  • --09-01
  • --10-01
Colors
Unit Name
  • 11(xsd:integer)
Battles
decorations
  • 75(xsd:integer)
equipment label
  • Tail Code
Equipment
  • "LA"
Mascot
  • Mr. Jiggs
abstract
  • The 11th Bomb Squadron (11 BS) is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 11th is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress. The 11 BS is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 11th Aero Squadron on 26 June 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a Day Bombardment squadron. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive. During World War II the unit served in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy and later B-25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron as part of Fifth Air Force. During the Cold War it was both a tactical MGM-1 Matador and BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile squadron as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe.
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