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- The 99th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation). The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 9th Operations Group, Beale Air Force Base, California. (en)
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- Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1918 (en)
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- Salmson 2A2, 1918–1919 (en)
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- Pilots of the 99th Aero Squadron pose with a Salmson 2A2 at Parois Airdrome, France, November 1919 (en)
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- 0001-08-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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- Capt. James E. Meredith (en)
- Capt. Lyle S. Powell (en)
- Maj. Arthur R. Christie (en)
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- * Enemy Aircraft shot down: 3
* Enemy Balloons shot down: 0
* Total Enemy Aircraft Destroyed: 3 (en)
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- The 99th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the V Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 99 Squadron (Observation). (en)
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