The 13th Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 509th Operations Group, Air Force Global Strike Command, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The squadron is equipped with the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
B-2 Spirit of the 509th Operations Group
Image: 13th Bomb Squadron
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13th Aero Squadron – SPAD XIII, Souilly Aerodrome, France. 1918
The 509th Operations Group is the flying component of the United States Air Force 509th Bomb Wing, assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It is equipped with all 20 of the USAF's B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, flown by its 393rd Bomb Squadron. Its 13th Bomb Squadron, the training unit for the 509th, provides training in T-38 Talon trainers as well as in the 393rd's B-2 Spirits.
Northrop B-2A Block 30 Spirit 82-1071 "Spirit of Mississippi"
Gaggle patch of 509 OG squadrons. Consists of (clockwise from top left): 13th Bomb Squadron, 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Operations Support Squadron, 394th Combat Training Squadron and 509th Bomb Wing (center).