17 Attack Squadron (ACC)

Lineage.  Constituted as 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 14 Jul 1942.  Activated on 23 Jul 1942.  Redesignated as: 17 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943; 17 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943.  Inactivated on 19 Apr 1946.  Redesignated as 17 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet on 1 Apr 1951.  Activated on 2 Apr 1951.  Redesignated as 17 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 Oct 1966.  Inactivated 1 Jan 1979.  Redesignated as 17 Reconnaissance Squadron on 4 Mar 2002.  Activated on 8 Mar 2002.  Redesignated as 17 Attack Squadron on 15 May 2016. 

Assignments.  4 Photographic (later, 4 Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping; 4 Photographic; 4 Reconnaissance) Group, 23 Jul 1942; Thirteenth Air Force, 5 Dec 1945; XIII Fighter Command, 10 Dec 1945; 85 Fighter Wing, 1 Feb 1946; Pacific Air Command, U. S. Army, 1-19 Apr 1946.  363 Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 2 Apr 1951; 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 Feb 1958; 66 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 10 May 1959; 86 Tactical Fighter Wing, 12 Jan 1970; 26 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 31 Jan 1973-1 Jan 1979.  57 Operations Group, 8 Mar 2002; 432 Operations Group, 1 May 2007; 732 Operations Group, 10 Sep 2012-.

Stations.  Colorado Springs AAB, CO, 23 Jul-24 Oct 1942; Camp Deptha, Noumea, New Caledonia, 2 Dec 1942; Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 16 Jan 1943 (detachments operated from Munda, New Georgia, c. 13 Oct 1943-31 Jan 1944, 9 Mar-1 Apr 1944; Bougainville, c. 11 Dec 1943-Feb 1945; Noemfoor, 8-23 Oct 1944; Sansapor, New Guinea, 13 Oct-4 Nov 1944); Wama Airfield, Morotai Island, 4 Nov 1944 (detachment operated from Dulag, Leyte, 9 Feb-Oct 1945); Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 11 May 1945-19 Apr 1946.  Shaw AFB, SC, 2 Apr 1951-10 May 1959; Laon AB, France, 10 May 1959; RAF Upper Heyford, England, Sep 1966; Zweibrucken AB, Germany, 12 Jan 1970-1 Jan 1979.  Indian Springs AFAF (later, Creech AFB), NV, 8 Mar 2002-.

Service Streamers.  Global War on Terrorism-Service (GWOT-S).

Campaign Streamers.  World War II:  Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; Central Burma; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.  Meritorious Unit Awards: 1 Jan-31 Dec 2004; 1 Jun 2007-31 May 2009; 1 Jun 2011-31 May 2012; 1 Jun 2012-31 May 2013; 1 Jun 2017-31 May 2018; 1 Jun 2018-31 May 2020.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan-31 Dec 1962; 1 Jul 1973-31 May 1975; 1 Jun 2001-31 May 2003; 1 Jun 2003-31 May 2004; 1 Jun 2004-31 May 2006; 1 Jun 2009-31 May 2010; 1 Jun 2013-31 May 2014.  Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII).

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 19 May 2023.

Supersedes statement prepared on 22 Aug 2016.

Emblem.  Approved on 28 Feb 1957; latest rendering, 7 Feb 2017.

Prepared by James Musser.

Reviewed by Margaret Ream.