6th Weapons Squadron | 6th fighter
MilitaryunitThe6thWeaponsSquadronisanactiveUnitedStatesAirForceunit.ItisassignedtotheUSAFWeaponsSchool,basedatNellisAirForceBase,Nevada.ItwaspreviouslyassignedtotheSeventhAirForce,beinginactivatedatYokotaAirfield,Japanon20February1947.TheunitwasoneoftheinitialAeroSquadronsestablishedbytheUnitedStatesArmySignalCorps,itsoriginsdatingto13March1917priortotheUnitedStatesentryintoWorldWarI.ItwasthefirstAirServicesquadronassignedtoHawaii.ItwaspartoftheislandsdefensesuntilenteringintocombatduringWor...
Military unit
The 6th Weapons Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the USAF Weapons School, based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. It was previously assigned to the Seventh Air Force, being inactivated at Yokota Airfield, Japan on 20 February 1947.
The unit was one of the initial Aero Squadrons established by the United States Army Signal Corps, its origins dating to 13 March 1917 prior to the United States entry into World War I. It was the first Air Service squadron assigned to Hawaii. It was part of the islands defenses until entering into combat during World War II in the Southwest Pacific Area as a night fighter squadron in 1944.
History[edit] Prior military aviation in Hawaii[edit]The origins of the unit date to 29 June 1913 when Lieutenant Harold Geiger, along with about 12 enlisted men and a civilian engine expert, George B. Purington, left the Army aerodrome at North Island (later Rockwell Field), San Diego, Cal...