110th Bomb Squadron
110th Bomb Squadron Squadron Emblem
Active	1917-Present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Bomber
Part of	Missouri Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri
Nickname(s)	Lindbergh's Own
Engagements	World War II Cold War

The 110th Bomb Squadron (110 BS) is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing located at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri. The 110th is equipped with the B-2 Spirit.

The 110 BS is the oldest unit in the Missouri Air National Guard, having over 90 years of service to the state and nation. It is a descendant organization of the World War I 110th Aero Squadron, established on 14 August 1917. It was reformed on 23 June 1923, as the 110th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

Established at Kelly Field, Texas in August 1917 as the 110th Aero Squadron. Constructed facilities and engaged in supply and related base support activities. Demobilized 1918 shortly after the Armistice with Germany.

Established by the Militia Bureau on on 23 June 1923, which authorized the immediate organization of the 110th Observation Squadron, 35th Division of Aviation, Missouri National Guard. First Headquarters was located in a filling station on Manchester Avenue. From there it was moved to a small room over a grocery store on Olive Street Road In St Louis County. Meetings were held at the Airport, then little more than a pasture, there were no Airplanes and no uniforms for the Enlisted men.

The First flying Equipment was a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" which was purchased by the Officers of the squadron and used for flight training until early 1924 when three surplus wartime JN-4's were received. The planes were housed in a corrugated sheet metal hanger erected on the field during the National air races in 1923 and later turned over to the squadron. Additional aircraft and equipment were received throughout 1924 and by the years end a well received training program was in effect. Only eighteen months had elapsed since the unit was formally organized.

During the next few years the JN- 4's were replaced by the PT-1, TW-3, O-11, and O-2H aircraft and the unit assumed a mission of observation and reconnaissance. Their chief pilot on the "St. Louis to Chicago" airmail run was a lanky young man named Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh soon became a member of the 110th and was a captain in 1927 when he made his historic Trans-Atlantic solo flight.

Men, equipment and unit headquarters consolidated in new hanger at Lambert Field in 1931. Summer field training conducted in the 1930s allowed 110th members to hone their skills on the K-17 Aerial Camera. The Douglas O-38 aircraft was received in 1933 and replaced in 1938 by the North American O-47A, an all metal mid-wing observation aircraft.

The units first summer encampments were held in 1924 and 1925 at Camp Clark Nevada, Missouri. Subsequent encampments were at Fort Riley Kansas; Lambert Field St Louis; Eglin Field Florida; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and St Cloud Minnesota .

The Guardsmen were ordered into active service in 23 December 1940 as part of the buildup of the Army Air Corps after the Fall of France. The unit was sent to Little Rock, Arkansas and initially flew antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron was sent to California where it flew patrols over the Southern California coast again performing antisubmarine patrols.

In early 1943, it was assigned to Third Air Force and trained as a combat reconnaissance unit, being equipped with a mixture of photo-recon A-20 Havocs and B-25 Mitchells. Was deployed to Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific in the fall of 1943 and flew reconnaissance missions over New Britain, New Guinea, and the Admiralty Islands from bases in New Guinea and Biak. Reinforced with armed P-40 and P-39 fighters, it also flew combat mission against Japanese installations, airfields, and shipping, while supporting Allied ground forces on New Guinea and Biak. During that time, it flew courier missions, participated in rescue operations, and hauled passengers and cargo. From November 1944, the group flew reconnaissance missions over Luzon, supported ground forces, photographed and bombed airfields in Formosa and China, and attacked enemy shipping in the South China Sea.

At the end of the war, the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Japan and was part of the Occupation forces. It demobilized in the fall of 1945 and was inactivated in early 1946.

The wartime 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was re-activated and re-designated as the 110th Fighter Squadron, and was allotted to the Missouri Air National Guard on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Lambert Field, St Louis, and was extended federal recognition on 1 January 1947 by the National Guard Bureau. The 119th Fighter Squadron was bestowed the history, honors, and colors of the wartime 110th TRS. The squadron was equipped with F-51D Mustang fighters and assigned to the Missouri ANG 57th Fighter Wing. Its mission was the air defense of St Louis and the state of Missouri.

• Organized as 110th Aero Squadron on 14 August 1917

Re-designated: 804th Aero Squadron on 1 February 1918

Re-designated: Squadron K, Kelly Field, Texas, on 23 July 1918

Demobilized on 18 November 1918

• Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 110th Observation Squadron which, having been allotted to the Missouri NG, was organized on 23 June 1923

Ordered to active service on 23 December 1940

Re-designated: 110th Observation Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942

Re-designated: 110th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942

Re-designated: 110th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 2 April 1943

Re-designated: 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 10 May 1944

Inactivated on 20 Feb 1946

• Re-designated: 110th Fighter Squadron and allotted to Missouri ANG on 24 May 1946

Extended federal recognition on 23 September 1946

Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 March 1951

Re-designated: 110th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 1 July 1951

Released from active duty and returned to Missouri state control, 1 December 1952

Re-designated: 110th Bomb Squadron (Light), 1 December 1952

Re-designated: 110th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 January 1953

Re-designated: 110th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1 January 1960

Federalized and placed on active duty, 1 October 1961

Released from active duty and returned to Missouri state control, 31 August 1962

Re-designated: 110th Fighter Squadron on 15 March 1992

Re-designated: 110th Bomb Squadron on 4 October 2008

• Unknown, 1917-1918
• Missouri NG (divisional aviation, 35th Division), 23 June 1923
• VII Army Corps, c. December 1940
• II Air Support Command, 1 September 1941
• 71st Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance; Reconnaissance) Group, 1 October 1941
• Seventh Air Force, 20 October 1945
• Far East Air Forces (later Pacific Air Command, US Army), c. 3 December 1945-20 February 1946
• 57th Fighter Wing, 23 September 1946
• 71st Fighter Wing, 1 January 1947
• 131st Composite Wing, 31 October 1950
• 131st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 July 1951
• 131st Bomb Wing (Light), 1 December 1952
• 131st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 January 1953
• 131st Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 January 1960
• 7131st Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 October 1961
• 131st Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 August 1962
• 131st Operations Group, 15 Mar 1992-Present

• List of American Aero Squadrons
• List of United States Army National Guard Observation Squadrons

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

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