USAF Weapons School Reactivates 6th Weapons Squadron

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Lt. Col. Michael Blauser, 6th Weapons Squadron commander, displays the 6th WPS patch. The patch has represented the squadron since 1917 and features a skull at the center of spinning propellers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Andrew D. Sarver/Released)

Posted By: Moray June 22, 2017

The United States Air Force's Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base activated the 6th Weapons Squadron on June 21, 2017.

The 6th WPS will act as the School's F-35A unit and by 2023 is expected to be operating twenty four F-35As with thirty instructors assigned.

The squadron has been inactive since February 1947.

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