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  • 96th Bomb Squadron
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  • The 96th Bomb Squadron (96 BS) is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 96th is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress. Formed in August 1917, the 96 BS saw combat on the World War I Western Front, in France. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive. Later, it served with the Army Air Service and Army Air Corps in the Inter-War period it participated in Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing tests and during World War II fought in the North African and Italian Campaigns. It was a part of Strategic Air Command during the Cold War. Since 1993, the 96th Bomb Squadron has flown the B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bomber, which can perform a variety of missions. Today the squadr
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Garrison
  • Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
command structure
  • 35
Role
  • Bombardment
identification symbol
  • 150
Nickname
  • "Red Devils"
Type
  • Squadron
identification symbol label
  • 96
Caption
  • 96
Dates
  • --08-20
Colors
  • Red and Black
Unit Name
  • 96
Battles
  • World War IWorld War IIOperation Desert StrikeOperation Desert FoxOperation Allied ForceOperation Enduring FreedomOperation Iraqi Freedom
decorations
  • 75
equipment label
  • Tail Code
Equipment
  • "LA"
Mascot
  • Red Devil
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  • The 96th Bomb Squadron (96 BS) is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 96th is equipped with the B-52H Stratofortress. Formed in August 1917, the 96 BS saw combat on the World War I Western Front, in France. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive. Later, it served with the Army Air Service and Army Air Corps in the Inter-War period it participated in Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing tests and during World War II fought in the North African and Italian Campaigns. It was a part of Strategic Air Command during the Cold War. Since 1993, the 96th Bomb Squadron has flown the B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bomber, which can perform a variety of missions. Today the squadron is engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.[citation needed]