108th Attack Squadron
military unit
The 108th Attack Squadron is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York. It was most recently activated on 5 October 2014 and assigned to the 174th Operations Group. The squadron operates the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and serves as a Formal Training Unit, producing qualified aircrew for both the Air National Guard and the active duty United States Air Force.
First organized in 1948 as the 108th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, the unit served in radar operations throughout the Cold War. It was called to active duty during the Korean War in 1951 and deployed to Newfoundland in 1953 to man a radar site under Northeast Air Command. The unit was again activated during the 1961 Berlin Crisis, deploying to Germany before returning to state control in 1962. It subsequently served as the 108th Tactical Control Squadron and later the 108th Air Control Squadron before being inactivated in 1994.
The squadron was redesignated the 108th Attack Squadron and reactivated in October 2014, taking over the training mission of the 138th Attack Squadron. In 2019, it became the first unit to bring MQ-9 Reapers to Red Flag – Alaska.
Mission
The squadron is a Formal Training Unit for the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.
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