page_title: 105th Attack Squadron
section_title: Modern era
hierarchical_section_title: 105th Attack Squadron / History / Modern era
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (s/n 89-1187) from the 105th Airlift Squadron, 118th Airlift Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, after landing on V.C. Bird International Airport, Antigua, in support of the "Tradewinds 2002" field training exercise on 12 April 2002.
context_page_description: The 105th Attack Squadron is a unit of the Tennessee Air National Guard 118th Wing. It is assigned to Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee and was previously equipped with the C-130H Hercules aircraft. It has since transitioned to the MQ-9 Reaper, with its parent organization, the former 118th Airlift Wing, having recently been redesignated as the 118th Wing. The 105th has been redesignated as the 105th Attack Squadron.
  The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 105th Aero Squadron, established on 27 August 1917. It was reformed on 4 December 1921, as the 105th 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.
context_section_description: 1990 was the start of another conversion process. The 105th received a total of sixteen new C-130H2 Hercules aircraft from Lockheed at Marietta, Georgia. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, placed the largest demand upon 105th personnel in almost 40 years. The Wing mobilized 462 personnel during 21 deployments for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in southwest Asia and flew a record 7,500 flying hours.
  On 1 January 1993, the 118th Tactical Airlift Wing became the 118th Airlift Wing as a result of the Wing implementing an internal reorganization to the new Air Force directed objective wing structure.  With the objective wing structure, the 105th Airlift Squadron, was assigned to the new 118th Operations Group.
  The 105th Airlift Squadron deployed three aircraft, six air crews and 65 maintenance and support personnel to Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany from 27 December 1993 to 7 May 1994 in support of Operation Provide Promise in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The 118 AW was deployed in support of this operation for seven of thirteen consecutive months. This commitment was in addition to six two-week CORONET OAK rotations to Panama and a normal schedule of local training, Guardlift and AMC week-long floater missions.
caption: A 105th Airlift Squadron C-130H Hercules, Berry Field ANGB, Nashville, in 2002
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