29th Attack Squadron

The 29th Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) mission is to provide close air support (CAS), air interdiction, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and attack to eliminate threats when present. The multi-role capabilities of these RPAs allows combat search and rescue operations and extended time over targets to locate, track, target, strike, and assess time-sensitive targets ==History==

World War II Constituted as 13th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 5 February 1942. Activated on 10 Mar 1942 at Brooks Field, Texas, with O-52 observation aircraft and L-4 in the period 1942 to 1943. Redesignated as: 13th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942; 13 Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 1 April 1943; 13th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943. Operating P-39, 1943-1944 and P-40 1944–1945. Redesignated 29th Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 25 January 1946. Inactivated on 29 July 1946. It is a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Formal Training Unit. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 13th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 5 February 1942 : Activated on 10 March 1942 : Redesignated 13th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942 : Redesignated 13th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 1 April 1943 : Redesignated 13th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943 : Redesignated 29th Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 25 January 1946 : Inactivated on 29 July 1946 • Redesignated 29th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic-Jet) on 14 January 1954 : Activated on 18 March 1954 • Redesignated 29th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron and activated on 1 October 1966 : Inactivated 24 January 1971 • Redesignated 29th Attack Squadron on 20 October 2009 : Activated on 23 October 2009 • 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 18 March 1954 • 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 February 1958 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 8 April 1959) • 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 18 May 1959 • 4403d Tactical Training Group, 1 July 1966 • 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 20 January 1968 – 24 January 1971 • 49th Operations Group, 23 October 2009 – present Stations • Brooks Field, Texas, 2 March 1942 • Lawson Field, Georgia, c. 8 March 1942; • DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, 11 April 1942 • Esler Field, Louisiana, 15 December 1942 • Desert Center Army Air Field, California, 28 December 1942 • Morris Field, North Carolina, 24 September 1943 • Camp Campbell Army Airfield, Kentucky, 5 November 1943 • DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, 19 April 1944 • Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas, 7 February 1945 • Brooks Field, Texas, 8 December 1945 – 29 July 1946 • Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 18 March 1954 – 24 January 1971 • Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 23 October 2009 – present Aircraft • Curtiss O-52 Owl, 1942–1943 • Piper L-4 Cub, 1942–1943; • Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944 • Curtiss P-40F Warhawk, 1944–1945 • North American P-51 Mustang, 1945–1946 • North American F-6 Mustang, 1945–1946 • Douglas A-26 Invader, 1946 • Lockheed RF-80A Shooting Star, 1955 • Republic RF-84F Thunderflash, 1955–1958 • McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo, 1957–1971 • McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II, 1968–1971 • General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, 2009–present ==References==