Unit Name: | 108th Attack Squadron |
Dates: | 1948–1994; 2014–present |
Branch: | Air National Guard |
Command Structure: | |
Garrison: | Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York |
Motto: | Potential Without Bounds |
The 108th Attack Squadron is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York. It was most recently activated on 5 October 2014 and assigned to the 174th Operations Group, 174th Attack Wing. The squadron operates the MQ-9 Reaper.
In 2019, the squadron was the first to bring MQ-9 Reapers to Red Flag – Alaska, flying out of Eielson Air Force Base while the pilots remained at their home station in New York, over away.[1]
On 25 June 2020, one of the squadron's MQ-9s crashed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base after losing engine power. An investigation determined that the cause of the accident was pilot error when it was found that the pilot accidentally cut the fuel supply to the drone's engine causing a crash.[2]
Redesignated 108th Aircraft Control and Warning Flight in 1960
Redesignated 108th Tactical Control Squadron in 1965
Redesignated 108th Air Control Squadron in 1992;
Inactivated on 16 February 1994[3]