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{{short description|United States Air Force unit}}
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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 77th Bombardment Squadron
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▲|caption= B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB, Texas performing a fly-by during a firepower demonstration
|caption=B-1B Lancer from [[Dyess AFB]], Texas performing a fly-by during a firepower demonstration
|dates=1941–1945; 1946–1995; 1997–2002; 2003–present
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|role=Advanced B-1 Lancer Training
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|command_structure=[[Air Combat Command]]
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|garrison=[[Dyess Air Force Base]], Texas
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|battles= [[World War II]]
* [[File:World War II - American Campaign Streamer
* [[File:Asiatic-Pacific Streamer.png|150px]] Air Offensive Asia-Pacific Theater, Air Offensive Japan<ref name=77WSfacts>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434029/77-weapons-squadron-acc/ |last1=Warnock|first1=A. Timothy|title=Factsheet 77 Weapons Squadron (ACC)|date=20 December 2007|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref>
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|identification_symbol_2_label=77th Weapons Squadron emblem{{efn|Approved 17 May 1997. This emblem is based on the unofficial emblem designed for the squadron c. December 1941 by the Disney Studios. Although the emblem is partly imaged on this most recently archived page showing the emblem, the link to the full emblem is broken. The image is available on the version of the page archived on 24 November 2016 at [https://web.archive.org/web/20161124065832/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434029/77-weapons-squadron-acc/].}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434029/77-weapons-squadron-acc/ |last1=Warnock|first1=A. Timothy|title=Factsheet 77 Weapons Squadron (ACC)|date=20 December 2007|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221005184101/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434029/77-weapons-squadron-acc/ |archive-date=October 5, 2022|access-date=July 15, 2023}}</ref>
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The '''77th Weapons Squadron
The unit activated on 15 January 1941 at [[Fort Douglas]], Utah. After combat operations in the Pacific theater during [[World War II]], the 77th contributed to
==Mission==
▲The unit activated on 15 January 1941 at Fort Douglas, Utah. After combat operations in the Pacific theater during World War II, the 77th contributed to America’s nuclear deterrent during the Cold War and formed the backbone of the Air Force’s B-52 force during the Vietnam War.
The 77th provides weapons training to B-1B Lancer squadrons at [[Dyess Air Force Base]], TX and [[Ellsworth Air Force Base]], South Dakota.
==History==
===World War II===
The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was activated in January 1941 as a [[Northwest Air District]] [[medium bomber]] squadron, equipped with a mixture of [[Douglas B-18 Bolo]]s, [[Stearman PT-17
When the Japanese invaded the [[Aleutian Islands]] in June 1942, the squadron was reassigned to [[Fort Glenn Army Airfield]] on [[Adak Island]]; and began combat missions over the captured islands of [[Kiska]] and [[Attu Island|Attu]]. Flew combat missions with
===Cold War===
Reactivated as a [[Strategic Air Command]] [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] squadron in 1946, being trained in the
Squadron returned to the Continental United States in 1947, being equipped with [[Convair B-36 Peacemaker]] strategic bombers, both in the bomber and strategic reconnaissance versions. Undertook strategic bombardment training missions on a global scale, including strategic reconnaissance missions with the RB-36s until the phaseout of the B-36 from SAC in 1957.
Re-equipped with [[Boeing B-52D Stratofortress]]es and stood nuclear [[alert status|alert]] and conducted global strategic bombardment training missions until 1966. Began rotational deployments to [[Andersen
===Modern era===
Organization
* Constituted '''77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)''' on 20 November 1940▼
: Activated on 15 January 1941
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: Inactivated on 5 November 1945
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: Activated on 4 August 1946
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: Inactivated on 31 March 1995
* Activated on 1 April 1997
: Inactivated on 19 September 2002
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===Assignments===
* [[42d Bombardment Group]], 15 January 1941
* [[28th
* [[Eleventh Air Force]], 20 October
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* 28th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 – 31 March 1995
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* [[USAF Weapons School]], 3 February
===Stations===
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* [[Salt Lake City Army Air Base]],
* [[Gowen Field]],
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* [[Fort Lawton]],
* [[Grand Island Army
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* [[Dyess
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* Boeing RB-29 Superfortress, 1946–1950
* [[B-36|B/RB-36 Peacemaker]], 1949–1950; 1950–1957▼
* Convair B-36 Peacemaker, 1949–1950; 1950–1957
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==See also==
* [[List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force]]
==References==
; Notes
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===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|access-date= 17 December 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|access-date= 17 December 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
* {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|access-date=17 December 2016|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}}
==External links==
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