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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	706th Fighter Squadron
rdfs:comment	The 706th Fighter Squadron is part of the 926th Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada where it oversees Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots supporting the United States Air Force Warfare Center as an associate of the 57th Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706th fly F-16, F-15C, F-15E, F-22 and A-10 aircraft. The squadron was originally activated as the 706th Bombardment Squadron a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit that flew in combat in the European Theater of World War II from 1943-1945.
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award date	--01-26 --02-14 --04-01 --04-02 --08-27
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Garrison	Nellis AFB, Nevada
command structure	10 926 Air Force Reserve Command
Role	Fighter aircraft
identification symbol	175 White RT
Nickname	Cajuns
identification symbol label	706
award notes	706
Caption	First F-22 Raptor delivered to Nellis AFB. The 706th Fighter Squadron flies this and other fighter aircraft of Nellis' 57th Wing
Dates	1943
award image	AF OUA AF OUA w/ v VGC
Unit Name	706
Battles	Gulf War dbkwik:resource/nI1nRfE_Sj8i8CLbssiygw==
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award name	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat V Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) with Palm
identification symbol 2 label	ETO fuselage code Squadron color
abstract	The 706th Fighter Squadron is part of the 926th Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada where it oversees Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots supporting the United States Air Force Warfare Center as an associate of the 57th Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706th fly F-16, F-15C, F-15E, F-22 and A-10 aircraft. The squadron was originally activated as the 706th Bombardment Squadron a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit that flew in combat in the European Theater of World War II from 1943-1945. Since World War II the squadron has been an element of the Air Force Reserve, flying tactical airlift missions from 1955 to 1978, which included training Vietnam Air Force crews in South Viet Nam. Since 1978 the squadron has been a fighter units, deploying to Bosnia and Southwest Asia on numerous occasions through 2007 when it assumed its current role.