6th Weapons Squadron

The 6th Weapons Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the USAF Weapons School, based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It was previously assigned to the Seventh Air Force, being inactivated at Yokota Airfield, Japan on 20 February 1947.

6th Weapons Squadron
6th Night Fighter Squadron P-61A Black Widow on Saipan
Active1917–1947, 2017–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAdvanced Fighter Training
Part ofAir Combat Command
  • United States Air Force Warfare Center
Garrison/HQNellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Engagements
World War II (Asia-Pacific Theater)
  • Central Pacific Campaign
  • New Guinea Campaign
  • Northern Solomons Campaign
  • Western Pacific Campaign
  • Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Insignia
6th Weapons Squadron emblem
6th Night Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 8 July 1924)

The unit was one of the initial Aero Squadrons established by the United States Army Signal Corps, its origins dating to 13 March 1917 prior to the United States' entry into World War I. It was the first Air Service squadron assigned to Hawaii. It was part of the island's defenses until entering into combat during World War II in the Southwest Pacific Area as a night fighter squadron in 1944.

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