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- The 456th Bombardment Squadron is one of the two predecessors of the 556th Tactical Air Support Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit. Formed in 1985 by the consolidation of the 456th with another inactive bombardment squadron. It has never been active under its most recent designation. The 456th was activated in 1942. After training in the United States with Martin B-26 Marauders, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it served in combat until V-E Day, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation while providing air support during the Battle of the Bulge. Following the war, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated. The 456th was activated in the reserve in 1947. In 1951, it was mobilized for the Korean War. Its personnel were used as fillers for other units and it was inactivated again. The other predecessor of the 556th is the 656th Bombardment Squadron, a Strategic Air Command unit that flew Boeing B-47 Stratojets at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana from 1953 to 1963. The two squadrons were consolidated as the 556th in 1985. (en)
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- The 456th Bombardment Squadron is one of the two predecessors of the 556th Tactical Air Support Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit. Formed in 1985 by the consolidation of the 456th with another inactive bombardment squadron. It has never been active under its most recent designation. The other predecessor of the 556th is the 656th Bombardment Squadron, a Strategic Air Command unit that flew Boeing B-47 Stratojets at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana from 1953 to 1963. The two squadrons were consolidated as the 556th in 1985. (en)
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- 456th Bombardment Squadron (en)
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- 456th Bombardment Squadron (en)
- (later 556th Tactical Air Support Squadron) (en)
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