20th Attack Squadron, US Air Force

20TH ATTACK SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 20 Transport Squadron on 22 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Dec 1940. Redesignated as: 20 Troop Carrier Squadron on 5 Jul 1942; 20 Troop Carrier Squadron (Special) on 13 Nov 1943; 20 Troop Carrier Squadron on 12 Apr 1944; 20 Troop Carrier Squadron, Heavy, on 17 Jun 1948; 20 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 4 Oct 1948. Inactivated on 20 Oct 1949. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 20 Tactical Air Support Squadron (Light), which was constituted and activated, on 26 Apr 1965. Organized on 8 May 1965. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1973. Redesignated as 20 Tactical Air Support Squadron, and activated, on 1 Oct 1973. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1984. Activated on 1 Apr 1990. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1991. Redesignated as 20 Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 Dec 2010. Activated on 1 Jan 2011. Redesignated as 20 Attack Squadron on 15 May 2016.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 25 June 1974; latest rendering, 25 January 2017.

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