Force Outstanding Unit Award for the actions of its personnel while deployed with the 3d Air Division at Anderson. In December 1965, Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, directed reductions of SAC’s bomber force. This program called for the retirement of all B-52Cs and several subsequent B-52 models. As a result, the squadron's return to Turner was brief. Turner was scheduled to close as a SAC base in the spring of 1967. The squadron inactivated on 25 January 1967. Lineage Constituted as the 824th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 September 1943 Activated on 20 September 1943 Redesignated 824th Bombardment Squadron (Pathfinder) on 14 February 1944 Redesignated 824th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 11 November 1944 Inactivated on 25 July 1945 Activated on 15 November 1962 (not organized) Organized on 1 February 1963 Inactivated on 25 January 1967 Assignments 484th Bombardment Group, 20 September 1943 – 25 July 1945 Strategic Air Command, 15 November 1962 (not organized) 484th Bombardment Wing, 1 February 1963 – 25 January 1967 Stations Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska, 20 September 1943 – 2 March 1944 Torretto Airfield, Italy, April 1944 Casablanca-Anfa Airport, French Morocco, c. 25 May – 25 July 1945 Turner Air Force Base, Georgia, 1 February 1963 – 25 January 1967 Aircraft Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1963–1967 Awards and campaigns See also List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography External links Units and formations of Strategic Air Command Bombardment squadrons of the United States Air Force Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces Military units and formations established in 1943