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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	11th Bomb Squadron
rdfs:comment	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	Air Force Global Strike Command
Role	Bombardment
identification symbol	150
Nickname	Jiggs Squadron or Bewilderment Group
Type	Squadron
identification symbol label	11
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	dbkwik:resource/rMbJ6hTF0iX4cBPoFGRDog==
Unit Name	11
Battles	World War I World War II
decorations	75
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.