23d Bomb Squadron B-52 Lieutenant’s Protection Association Pencil Pocket Tab

Organized as 18 Aero Squadron on 16 Jun 1917. Redesignated as 23 Aero Squadron (Repair) on 22 Jun 1917. Demobilized on 22 Mar 1919. Reconstituted, and consolidated (1924) with 23 Squadron, which was authorized on 30 Aug 1921, organized on 1 Oct 1921, redesignated as 23 Bombardment Squadron on 25 Jan 1923. Redesignated as: 23 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 Dec 1939; 23 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940; 23 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 6 Mar 1944; 23 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 30 Apr 1946. Inactivated on 10 Mar 1947. Redesignated as 23 Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic, on 16 Sep 1947. Activated on 20 Oct 1947. Redesignated as: 23 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic, on 16 Jun 1949; 23 Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Heavy, on 14 Nov 1950; 23 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Oct 1955; 23 Bomb Squadron on 1 Sep 1991.