72nd Bombardment Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/72nd_Bombardment_Squadron

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years	1940-present
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:B-29_Superfortress gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress gptkb:B-52_Stratofortress gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkbp:engagements	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:fighting_style	strategic bombing
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:historical_significance	first operational B-29 squadron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	72nd Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:insignia	Squadron emblem
gptkbp:is_based_in	gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:motto	We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Iron_Angels
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:previously_known_as	gptkb:72nd_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:role	bombardment
gptkbp:squadrons	gptkb:72nd_Airlift_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Air_Base_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Air_Control_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Air_Expeditionary_Wing gptkb:72nd_Air_Mobility_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Air_Refueling_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Air_Support_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Civil_Engineer_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Combat_Communications_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Communications_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Contracting_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Air_Control_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Air_Control_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Air_Mobility_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Air_Support_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Airlift_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Airlift_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Combat_Communications_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Mobility_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Operations_Group gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Operations_Support_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Reconnaissance_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Expeditionary_Support_Operations_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Force_Support_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Intelligence_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Logistics_Readiness_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Maintenance_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Medical_Group gptkb:72nd_Mission_Support_Group gptkb:72nd_Operations_Group gptkb:72nd_Reconnaissance_Squadron gptkb:72nd_Security_Forces_Squadron
gptkbp:subordinate_units	gptkb:8th_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:21st_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5