22nd Aero Squadron

Service record
Operations	2nd Pursuit Group; Western Front, France: 22 August-11 November 1918 Sorties: 914; Combat missions: 115; Enemy combats: 95; Killed: 5; Wounded: 2; Missing: 4; Aircraft lost: 16;
Victories	Enemy aircraft shot down: 44; Enemy balloons shot down: 2; Total enemy aircraft destroyed: 46; Air Aces: 5 Lt. Jacques M. Swaab, 10 (3 shared); Lt. Clinton L. Jones Jr., 8 (3 shared); Lt. James D. Beane, 6 (4 shared); Capt. Arthur R. Brooks, 6 (4 shared); Brooks had 1 with the 139th Aero Squadron before joining the 22nd Aero Squadron; Lt. Remington deB Vernam, 6 (1 shared); Vernam had 1 aerial victory with Spa98 of the French Air Service before joining the 22nd Aero Squadron;

22nd Aero Squadron
22nd Aero Squadron
	22nd Aero Squadron SPAD S.XIII "Smith IV", flown by Captain Arthur Raymond Brooks. Captain Brooks was a Flying Ace, credited with shooting down six enemy aircraft. This aircraft is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ; ; Captain Brooks with "Smith IV", Belrain Aerodrome, France, 1918.
Active	16 June 1917 – 16 June 1919
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Service
Type	Squadron
Role	Pursuit
Part of	American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Nickname(s)	"Shooting Stars"
Engagements	; World War I
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Capt. Raymond C. Bridgeman; Lt. George W. Lindsay; Lt. Henry K. Davis; Lt. Arthur R. Brooks
Insignia
22nd Aero Squadron Emblem
Aircraft flown
Fighter	SPAD S.XIII, 1918–1919
Trainer	Curtiss JN-4, 1917

The 22nd Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.

The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 2nd Pursuit Group, First United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and bombardment squadrons over enemy territory. It also attacked enemy observation balloons, and perform close air support and tactical bombing attacks of enemy forces along the front lines. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and was demobilized.

In April 1937, its lineage and history was consolidated with those of the United States Army Air Corps 22nd Observation Squadron.

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