The 25th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

, based at Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico

New Mexico

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. It was inactivated on 28 October 1943.

Lineage

• Constituted 25th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 20 April 1943.

Activated on 1 May 1943

Disbanded on 28 October 1943.

Assignments

• 26th Antisubmarine Wing
  26th Antisubmarine Wing
  The 26th Anti-Submarine Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, based at Miami Airport, Florida. It was deactivated on 15 October 1943-History:...
  
  , 1 May 1943
• Second Air Force
  Second Air Force
  The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
  
  , 9–28 October 1943.

Stations

• Jacksonville AAF
  Imeson Field
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  , Florida
  Florida
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  , May 1943
• Clovis AAF, New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
  , 9–28 October 1943.

Operational history

Performed antisubmarine patrols, 28 May-August 1943. Squadron inactivated after USAAF turned antisubmarine mission over to the United States Navy.

Aircraft turned over to Navy upon inactivation for use in maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare. B-25s were assigned the designations PBJ-1C and PBJ-1D respectively.

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