page_title: 706th Fighter Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 706th Fighter Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: Maj. Micah Fesler, a 433rd Weapons Squadron pilot, flies an F-22A “Raptor” from the Lockheed-Martin factory in Georgia to Nellis AFB, Jan. 9. This Raptor is the first to be delivered to the 57th Wing from Lockheed-Martin, and is scheduled to be used by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School for training of PhD-level instructor pilots.
context_page_description: The 706th Fighter Squadron is part of the 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada where it oversees Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots supporting the United States Air Force Warfare Center as an associate of the 57th Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706th fly General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
  The squadron was first activated as the 706th Bombardment Squadron in 1943. After training in the United States with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated.
  The squadron was activated in the reserve in 1948, but was inactivated in budget reductions in 1949. The squadron again became a reserve unit in 1955 as the 706th Troop Carrier Squadron, but was inactivated two years later. It was activated again in 1959 and has served as an airlift unit until 1978, which included training Republic of Vietnam Air Force crews in South Vietnam.
context_section_description: The 706th Fighter Squadron is part of the 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada where it oversees Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots supporting the United States Air Force Warfare Center as an associate of the 57th Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706th fly General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
  The squadron was first activated as the 706th Bombardment Squadron in 1943.  After training in the United States with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.  After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated.
  The squadron was activated in the reserve in 1948, but was inactivated in budget reductions in 1949.  The squadron again became a reserve unit in 1955 as the 706th Troop Carrier Squadron, but was inactivated two years later.  It was activated again in 1959 and has served as an airlift unit until 1978, which included training Republic of Vietnam Air Force crews in South Vietnam.  Since 1978 the squadron has been a fighter unit, deploying to Bosnia and Southwest Asia on numerous occasions through 2007 when it assumed its current role.
caption: First F-22 Raptor at Nellis AFB[note 1]
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