429th Attack Squadron
The 429th Attack Squadron is a classic associate squadron, stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. It is geographically separated from its parent 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
| 429th Attack Squadron | |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle trainer at Holloman Air Force Base | |
| Active | 1917–1919; 1922–1936; 1940–1946; 1958–1962; 2013–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training |
| Part of | Air Force Reserve Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Holloman Air Force Base |
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| Insignia | |
| 429th Attack Squadron emblem | |
| 41st School Squadron emblem (approved 12 May 1930) | |
The squadron was previously the 429th Bombardment Squadron, a Boeing B-47 Stratojet unit based at Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1962.
The squadron was first organized during World War I as the 41st Aero Squadron, and served in France during that war before being demobilized in 1919. In 1924 it was consolidated with the 41st School Squadron, which had been organized in 1922. The squadron later converted to the reconnaissance mission as the 41st Observation Squadron. During World War II, as the 429th Bombardment Squadron, it was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress squadron, assigned to the 2d Bombardment Group. It earned Two Distinguished Unit Citations while serving in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, inactivating in Italy after the end of the war.