page_title: 103d Attack Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 103d Attack Squadron
caption_attribution_description: A MQ-9 Reaper US military unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The Reaper has the ability to carry both precision-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles.
context_page_description: The 103d Attack Squadron is an active unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard previously known as the 103d Fighter Squadron. It is assigned to the 111th Attack Wing, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The squadron was inactivated on 31 March 2011 and later reactivated as the 103d Attack Squadron at the new Horsham Air Guard Station, on the grounds of the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove. Along with these name changes came a change of mission. The 103d Attack Squadron now flies the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft.
  The squadron was a descendant organization of the Pennsylvania National Guard 103d Observation Squadron, formed on 27 June 1924. It was one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
context_section_description: The 103d Attack Squadron is an active unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard previously known as the 103d Fighter Squadron (103 FS).  It is assigned to the 111th Attack Wing, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.  The squadron was inactivated on 31 March 2011 and later reactivated as the 103d Attack Squadron at the new Horsham Air Guard Station, on the grounds of the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove.  Along with these name changes came a change of mission. The 103d Attack Squadron now flies the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft.
  The squadron was a descendant organization of the Pennsylvania National Guard 103d Observation Squadron, formed on 27 June 1924.  It was one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
caption: MQ-9 Reaper in flight
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