• Constituted as the
84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940 : Activated on 15 Jan 1941 : Redesignated
84th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 20 August 1943 : Redesignated
84th Bombardment Squadron, Light (Night Intruder) on 16 April 1946 : Redesignated
84th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Jet on 23 June 1948 : Redesignated
84th Bombardment Squadron, Light c. 16 November 1950 : Redesignated
84th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical on 1 October 1955 : Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962
Assignments •
47th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941 •
Twelfth Air Force, 2 October 1949 •
Ninth Air Force, 17 October 1949 (attached to
363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group) •
Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1950 (attached to
363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 1 September 1950) • 47th Bombardment Group, 12 March 1951 •
47th Bombardment Wing, 8 February 1955 – 22 June 1962
Stations •
McChord Field, Washington, 15 January 1941 •
Fresno Army Air Base, California, 11 August 1941 •
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 17 February 1942 • Greensboro Army Air Base, North Carolina, 16 July–c. 17 October 1942 •
Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 18 November 1942 •
Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 6 January 1943 •
Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 29 March 1943 •
Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 5 April 1943 •
Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Tunisia, 13 April 1943 •
Soliman Airfield, Tunisia, c. 1 June 1943 •
RAF Hal Far, Malta, 21 July 1943 •
Torrente Comunelli Airfield, Sicily, 10 August 1943 •
Gerbini Airfield, Sicily, 20 August 1943 •
Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, 24 September 1943 •
Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 October 1943 •
Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 11 January 1944 •
Capodichino Airport, Italy, 22 March 1944 •
Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 25 April 1944 •
Ponte Galeria Airfield, Italy, 10 June 1944 •
Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 June 1944 •
Poretta Airfield, Corsica, 15 July 1944 •
Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France, 5 September 1944 •
Follonica Airfield, Italy, 22 September 1944 •
Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 4 October 1944 •
Grosseto Airfield, Italy 2 January 1945 •
Pisa Airfield, Italy, 17–22 June 1945 •
Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, c. 12 July 1945 •
Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana, 9 September 1945 •
Biggs Field, Texas, 20 October 1946 •
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 19 November 1948 •
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 17 October 1949 – 21 May 1952 •
RAF Sculthorpe, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 June 1962
Aircraft •
Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941-1942 •
Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1942-1945 •
Douglas A-26 Invader (later B-26), 1945-1949 •
North American B-45 Tornado, 1949-1957 •
Douglas B-66 Destroyer, 1958-1962 ==References==