This is a list of United States Air Force bomb squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today bomb squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force. All the active bomb squadrons are in Bold.
Bomb Squadrons
Squadrons 1 to 110 SquadronShieldLocationNicknameAircraftNote 1st Bombardment Squadron, Medium Mountain Home AFB B-47 Redesignated 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966) Redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (1992) (Active) 2d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy March AFB B-52B/C/D/E Inactivated 1982 / Redesignated 2d Strategic Squadron (RAF Mildenhall) (KC-135's) 1 January 1988 – 31 March 1992 3d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) Rio Hato Army Air Base B-24 Redesignated 129th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium, Photographic) (1951) 4th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) RAF Mendlesham B-24 Inactivated 1945 5th Bombardment Squadron, Medium Mountain Home AFB "Blackcats" B-47 Redesignated 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Training Squadron (1966) 6th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy North Field "XTNDRs" B-29 Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron 6th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base B-52D Redesignated from the 6th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium (RB47's) 7th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) RAF Mendlesham B-24 Inactivated 1945 8th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam "Blackbirds" B-57 Redesignated 8th Attack Squadron (1969) 9th Bomb Squadron Dyess AFB "Bats" B-1B 10th Bombardment Squadron, Medium Dyess AFB "Ace in the Hole" B-47 Stratojet Redesignated 10th Strategic Missile Squadron 11th Bomb Squadron Barksdale AFB "Mr. Jiggs" B-52 12th Bombardment Squadron, Medium Dyess AFB "Red Dawgs" B-47 Stratojet Redesignated 12th Strategic Missile Squadron 13th Bomb Squadron Whiteman AFB "Grim Reapers" B-2 Spirit 14th Bombardment Squadron Essendon, Australia B-17 B-24 Inactivated 1946-disbanded 1949 15th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) Northwest Field, Guam B-29 Inactivated 1946 & Consolidated with 15th Special Operations Squadron (1985) 16th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) Northwest Field, Guam B-29 Inactivated 1946 16th Bombardment Squadron (Light) Sicily "Fireballs" A-36 Redesignated 522d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943) 17th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) Northwest Field, Guam B-29 Inactivated 1946 17th Bombardment Squadron (Light) A-36 Redesignated 523d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943) 18th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy RAF Mendlesham B-24 Inactivated 1945 & Consolidated with the 18th Special Operations Squadron (1985) 19th Bombardment Squadron, Medium March AFB B-47 Inactivated 1963 & Consolidated with the 19th Air Commando Squadron, Troop Carrier (1985) 20th Bomb Squadron Barksdale AFB "Buccaneers" B-52 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) Smoky Hill AAF B-24 Disbanded 1943 21st Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) Northwest Field, Guam B-29 Inactivated 1946 22d Bombardment Squadron, Medium "Bombing Bulldogs" B-25 Inactivated 1945 Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 22d Air Refueling Squadron 23d Bomb Squadron Minot AFB "Bomber Barons" B-52 24th Bombardment Squadron (Light) Eglin Field "Golden Jaguars" B-25 Disbanded 1942 24th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Walker AFB B-52 Redesignated 24th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 June 1967 (Eielson AFB, Alaska) (RC-135D/E/S) 24th Bombardment Squadron, Medium Lake Charles AFB B-29 Redesignated 24th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium (1952) 25th Bombardment Squadron, Medium Forbes AFB "Executioners" B-47 Redesignated 25th Strategic Training Squadron (1988) 26th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Altus AFB B-52 Redesignated 26th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1973) 27th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Kwajalein B-24 Inactivated 1946 28th Bomb Squadron Dyess AFB "Mohawk Warriors" B-1B 29th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Fairchild AFB "Antique Airlines" (1966-1973) "Thumper" RB-29 Superfortress Redesignated 130th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, Photographic (1951) 30th Bombardment Squadron Grand Forks AFB B-52 Inactivated 1963 & Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (Thunderbirds) 31st Bombardment Squadron (Medium) Beale AFB B-52 Redesignated 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron (1986) 32d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) Lockbourne Air Force Base EB-47 Redesignated 32d Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1964) 33d Bombardment Squadron, Medium B-24 Redesignated 33d Flying Training Squadron (1990) 34th Bomb Squadron Ellsworth AFB "Thunderbirds" B-1B 35th Bombardment Squadron (Light) Phillips Field, MD B-25 Inactivated 1949 36th Bombardment Squadron (Provisional) RAF Harrington B-24 Consolidated with 856th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1944) 36th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) RAF Alconbury B-24 Inactivated 1945 37th Bomb Squadron Ellsworth AFB "Tigers" B-1B 38th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Kwajalein B-24 Inactivated 1946 39th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) Dover AAF B-25 Redesignated 3d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), then 819th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1943) 39th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Walker AFB B-52 Redesignated 9th Air Commando Squadron (Psychological Operations) (1967) 40th Bombardment Squadron Podington England B-24 Inactivated 1943 (Not Related to 40 BS (Heavy)) 40th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Walker AFB B-52 Inactivated 1967 (Not Related to 40 BS ) 41st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy Long Beach Mun Airport B-29 Inactivated 1949