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6th Air Defense Missile Squadron
CIM-10 BOMARC
Active	1941–1943, 1944–1946, 1959–1964
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	antisubmarine warfare, airlift, air defense
Size	squadron
Engagements	European Theater of Operations Southwest Pacific Theater
Decorations	Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
Patch with 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron emblem
6th Combat Cargo Squadron emblem
6th Antisubmarine Squadron emblem

The 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron was an air defense unit of the United States Air Force. It was assigned to the New York Air Defense Sector of Aerospace Defense Command, at Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated on 15 December 1964. The squadron had its headquarters at Suffolk County Air Force Base, while the firing batteries of the squadron were at the nearby Suffolk County Air Force Base Missile Annex.

The squadron was consolidated in 1985 with two earlier units. The first is the 6th Antisubmarine Squadron (previously the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron and 393d Bombardment Squadron). This squadron participated in the antisubmarine campaign in the Atlantic from bases in the United States and Europe until disbanding in 1943, when the Navy assumed the land based antisubmarine mission from the Army Air Forces.

The other predecessor of the squadron is the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron, which participated in the Southwest Pacific Theater, earning a Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation. After V-J Day, it formed part of the army of occupation in Japan, until inactivating in 1946. It was disbanded while inactive in 1948.

These three units were consolidated into the renamed 6th Tactical Missile Squadron. The consolidated squadron has, up until early 2020, never been active.

History

World War II antisubmarine operations

What is now the 6th Tactical Missile Squadron was originally activated as the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron in January 1941 And attached to the 13th Bombardment Group per General Headquarters Air Force's policy of attaching one reconnaissance squadron to each bombardment group. equipped with North American B-25 Mitchells as part of First Air Force. After the United States entered World War II the squadron was ordered to search for German U-boats and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys initially off the southeast coast. It then moved to Mitchel Field, New York to patrol the sea approaches to New York City. In April 1942, the squadron was redesignated as the 393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium).

Later in 1942, the squadron was redesignated as 6th Antisubmarine Squadron, and reassigned to 25th Antisubmarine Wing of Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (AAFAC). After joining AAFAC, it moved to Westover Field, Massachusetts to patrol the sea approaches to Boston, then to Gander, Newfoundland to fly antisubmarine patrols over North Atlantic convoy routes. The squadron was reassigned to 479th Antisubmarine Group in Southwest England in August 1943 and flew killer hunts against German U-boats in the Bay of Biscay off the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border. Along this part of the occupied French coast were major Kriegsmarine U-boat bases at Brest, Lorient, Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle (La Pallice) and Bordeaux. Its ground echelon was ordered in September, just prior to inactivation of AAFAC, to move to Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, where it was inactivated on 30 October 1943, while the air echelon was disbanded in England in late November 1943 with squadron aircraft reassigned to the United States Navy. Squadron personnel remaining in England were reassigned to Eighth Air Force units as replacement personnel.

World War II Pacific Theater and occupation of Japan

The second birth of the squadron was in 1944, when it was activated as the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron at Syracuse Army Air Base, New York as part of the 2d Combat Cargo Group. After training in New York and moving briefly to Baer Field, Indiana for overseas processing, the squadron moved to the Pacific. Operating from Biak Island, it flew passengers and cargo to American bases in Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the Philippines. The squadron also dropped supplies to American and Philippine resistance forces. It transported personnel and supplies to the Ryukus and evacuated casualties on the return flights until moving to Okinawa. It then transported personnel and equipment to Japan and ferried liberated prisoners of war to the Philippines. It moved to Japan, where it served as part of the Occupation Forces, until it was inactivated in 1946. The squadron was disbanded in 1948.

Cold War air defense

The third activation of the squadron was as the 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron on 1 February 1959.

In 1955, plans were made that the Suffolk County Air Force Base Missile Annex should be ready in February 1960. It was activated as the second operational BOMARC complex on 1 December 1959 (four missiles were ready by 1 January). It was part of the New York Air Defense Sector. The annex included a launch area with 56 Mode II Launcher Shelters in two flights—that meant that two compressor buildings were available to simultaneously ready two missiles to the "Standby" stage prior to "Fire-up".

The squadron stood alert from 1960 to 1964, equipped with IM-99 (later CIM-10) BOMARC surface to air antiaircraft missiles. The squadron was tied into a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) direction center which could use analog computers to process information from ground radars, picket ships and airborne aircraft to accelerate the display of tracking data at the direction center to quickly direct the missile site to engage hostile aircraft.

The BOMARC missile site was located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Suffolk County AFB at 40°50′00″N 072°40′51″W / 40.83333°N 72.68083°W / 40.83333; -72.68083 (6th ADMS). Although geographically separated from the base, the annex was an off base facility of Suffolk County Air Force Base and the squadron command, administrative and logistic elements were on the base. The squadron was inactivated on 15 December 1964.

In 1985, the squadron was consolidated "on paper" with the 6th Antisubmarine Squadron and the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron, but has never been active with this designation.

Lineage

6th Antisubmarine Squadron

• Constituted as the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) on 20 November 1940

Activated on 15 January 1941

Redesignated 393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 April 1942

Redesignated 6th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942

Disbanded on 11 November 1943

• Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron and the 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron as the 6th Tactical Missile Squadron

6th Combat Cargo Squadron

• Constituted as the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron on 25 April 1944

Activated on 1 May 1944

Inactivated on 15 January 1946

Disbanded on 8 October 1948

• Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 6th Antisubmarine Squadron and the 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron as the 6th Tactical Missile Squadron

6th Air Defense Missile Squadron

• Constituted as the 6th Air Defense Missile Squadron on 12 January 1959

Activated on 1 February 1959

Inactivated on 15 February 1964

• Consolidated with the 6th Combat Cargo Squadron and the 6th Antisubmarine Squadron as the 6th Tactical Missile Squadron

Assignments

• 2d Bombardment Wing, 15 January 1941 (attached to the 13th Bombardment Group)
• III Bomber Command, 5 June 1941 (remained attached to the 13th Bombardment Group)
• 13th Bombardment Group, 25 February 1942
• 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 November 1942
• Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 8 June 1943
• 479th Antisubmarine Group, 14 August – 11 November 1943
• 2d Combat Cargo Group, 1 May 1944 – 15 January 1946
• New York Air Defense Sector, 1 February 1959 – 15 December 1964

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia, 15 January 1941
• Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, 7 June 1941
• Mitchel Field, New York, 22 January 1942
• Westover Field, Massachusetts, 3 August 1942 – 1 April 1943
• RCAF Gander, Newfoundland, c. 12 April 1943
• RAF Dunkeswell, England, 21 August 1943 (air echelon only after September)

Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, September – 30 October 1943 (ground echelon)

• RAF Podington, England, November – 11 November 1943 (air echelon)
• Syracuse Army Air Base, New York, 1 May 1944
• Baer Field, Indiana, 8 October 1944 – 27 October 1944
• Biak Island, Papua New Guinea, November 1944 (operated from Samar), 8 March 1945 – c. 25 March 1945
• Dulag, Leyte, Philippines, 26 March 1945
• Bolo Airfield, Okinawa, Ryuku Islands, Japan, 16 August 1945
• Yokota Airfield, Japan, September 1945 – 15 January 1946
• Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 1 February 1959 – 15 December 1964

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation	8 March 1945 – 4 July 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	Antisubmarine	7 December 1941 – 21 August 1943	3d Reconnaissance Squadron (later 393d Bombardment Squadron, 6th Antisubmarine Squadron)
	Air Offensive, Europe	21 August 1943 – 11 November 1943	6th Antisubmarine Squadron
	Air Offensive, Japan	November 1944 – 2 September 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	New Guinea	November 1944 – 31 December 1944	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	Western Pacific	November 1944 – 2 September 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	Leyte	November 1944 – 1 July 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	Luzon	15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	Southern Philippines	27 February 1945 – 4 July 1945	6th Combat Cargo Squadron
	World War II Army of Occupation	2 September 1945 – 15 January 1946	6th Combat Cargo Squadron

Aircraft and missiles

• Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941–1943
• North American B-25 Mitchell, 1941–1943
• Lockheed A-29 Hudson, 1942
• Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1944, 1945
• Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1944–1945
• Boeing IM-99 (later CIM-10) BOMARC, 1959–1964

See also

• List of United States Air Force missile squadrons

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Approved 8 August 1944. Description: Over and through a disc per fess debased, arched, medium blue and green, border red, piped white, a caricatured white elephant, winged yellow-orange, in flight with six red stars in orle on forehead, carrying a stretcher roll in trunk and a field cannon proper with a red and green box strapped on back by a red belt around waist all above a yellow, red and white parachute in base, dexter base, and sinister base respectively.
2. Approved 25 September 1942. Description: on a white elongated horizontal oval a gray bass plug with reddish head and white open eye with three black triple hooks speed lines behind.
3. Under this designation, the unit should not be confused with the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy that dropped both atomic bombs in 1945. While flying B-47 aircraft in the 1950s, that unit was also designated as the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Medium.
4. The inscription on the streamer awarded to the squadron would read "Japan", not Europe as shown in the image.

Citations

1. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadron, p. 39
2. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadron, pp. 37–38
3. Maurer,. (1987), p. 341
4. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 28
5. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 149
6. McMullen, p. 176
7. Preface by Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 May 1960). North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command Historical Summary: July–December 1959 (PDF) (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
8. IM-99A Bases Manual
9. Winkler & Webster, p. 39
10. Winkler & Webster, p. 3
11. ^ Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 Sep 85, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons
12. Assignments through 1943 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 37

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) . Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 28. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.
• Maurer, Maurer (1987). Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force. ISBN 0-912799-38-2. LCCN 87012257. OCLC 15661556. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) . Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6.
• McMullen, R. F. (15 February 1980). History of Air Defense Weapons 1946–1962 (Report). Vol. ADC Historical Study No. 14. Historical Division, Office of information, HQ ADC.
• Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies: The legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. p. 39. LCCN 97020912.
• IM-99A Bases Manual (Report). Seattle, Washington: Boeing: Pilotless Aircraft Division. 3 December 1959.

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Command	I Bomber Command (First Air Force, 1941–42)
Wings	25th Antisubmarine 26th Antisubmarine
Groups	1st Search Attack 2d Bombardment 13th Bombardment 45th Bombardment 304th Bombardment 377th Bombardment 378th Bombardment 479th Antisubmarine 480th Antisubmarine
Squadrons	Antisubmarine 1st 2d 3d 4th 6th 7th 8th 9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 22d 23d 25th Other 2d Search Attack 3d Search Attack 4th Search Attack
Airfields	United States Dover (Delaware) Drew (Florida) Jacksonville (Florida) Key West (Florida) Lantana (Florida) Miami (Florida) Orlando (Florida) Savannah (Georgia) Grenier (New Hampshire) Atlantic City (New Jersey) Fort Dix (New Jersey) Mitchel (New York) Bluethenthal (North Carolina) Cherry Point (North Carolina) Charleston (South Carolina) Hyannis (Massachusetts) Otis (Massachusetts) Westover (Massachusetts) Langley (Virginia) Newfoundland Gander Torbay Caribbean and South America Batista (Cuba) Guantanamo (Cuba) Zanderij (Suriname) Vernam (Jamaica) Carlsen (Trinidad) Europe Dunkeswell (England) Podington (England) St. Eval (England) North Africa Port Lyautey (Morocco)

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Airfields	First Air Force Group Training Stations First Air Force Replacement Training Stations First Air Force Tactical Airfields Freeman Army Airfield Godman Army Airfield Selfridge Field
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v t e United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force in World War II
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United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

v t e USAAF Fifth Air Force in World War II
Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)
Airfields	Pacific USAAF in Australia USAAF in the Southwest Pacific USAAF in Okinawa
Units	Commands V Bomber V Fighter 5th Interceptor (Provisional) Wings 54th Troop Carrier 85th Fighter 86th Fighter 91st Reconnaissance 308th Bombardment 309th Bombardment 310th Bombardment Groups Air Commando 3d Air Commando Bombardment 3d Bombardment 7th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 27th Bombardment 38th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 90th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 345th Bombardment 380th Bombardment 417th Bombardment Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo Fighter 8th Fighter 24th Pursuit 35th Fighter 49th Fighter 58th Fighter 348th Fighter 475th Fighter Reconnaissance 6th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 317th Troop Carrier 374th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier Squadrons Bombardment 31st Bombardment Night Fighter 418th Night Fighter 421st Night Fighter 547th Intelligence Reconnaissance 2d Observation 8th Photographic Reconnaissance 36th Photographic Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 21st Troop Carrier 22d Troop Carrier 65th Troop Carrier 66th Troop Carrier
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