71st Bombardment Squadron

GPTKB entity

Properties (78)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1940
gptkbp:activeYears 1940-present
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:B-52_Stratofortress
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:base gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:baseLocation Tucson, Arizona
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command
gptkbp:currentCommander Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:headquarters MacDill Air Force Base
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first bombardment squadron to be activated in the U.S. Army Air Forces
First_Bombardment_Squadron_to_be_activated_in_the_U.S._Army_Air_Forces.
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 71st Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:insignia Squadron emblem
Squadron Emblem
gptkbp:location Tucson, Arizona
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Iron Angels
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McKinney
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_A._McKinney_IV
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_A._McKinney
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney_Jr.
gptkb:Colonel_John_M._McCoy
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney_V
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_A._McKinney
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney
gptkb:General_John_M._McCoy
gptkb:Major_General_William_H._McRae
gptkb:Major_General_John_M._McCoy
gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McKinney_Jr.
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney_III
gptkb:General_William_H._Tunner
gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McCoy
gptkb:Colonel_William_H._McRae
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_A._McKinney_III
gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McKinney_III
gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McKinney_IV
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_A._McKinney_Jr.
gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McKinney_V
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_A._McKinney_V
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney_IV
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_H._McRae
Colonel_William_H._McRae_Jr.
Colonel_John_M._McCoy_Jr.
Colonel_William_H._McRae_III
Major_General_John_A._McCoy_Jr.
Major_General_William_H._McRae_IV
Colonel_John_A._McCoy_III
Colonel_John_A._McCoy_IV
Colonel_John_A._McCoy_Jr.
Colonel_John_A._McCoy_V
Colonel_William_H._McRae_IV
Colonel_William_H._McRae_V
Major_General_John_A._McCoy_III
Major_General_John_A._McCoy_IV
Major_General_John_A._McCoy_Sr.
Major_General_John_M._McCoy_Sr.
Major_General_William_H._McRae_Jr.
Major_General_William_H._McRae_Sr.
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs gptkb:71st_Bombardment_Squadron_(Heavy)
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:Air_Force_Reserve_Command
gptkb:Air_National_Guard
20th Air Force
8th Air Force
15th Air Force
part_of_the_355th_Wing
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1946-01-01
1945-08-15
1940-12-01