The

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...

's 716th Test Squadron is a test and evaluation unit located at

Arnold Air Force Base Arnold Air Force Base (Arnold AFB) is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee County, Tennessee, Coffee and Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the city of Tullahoma, Tennessee, Tullahoma. It is named ...

, Tennessee. The squadron was first activated as the 6516th Logistics (Test) Squadron in 1986 at

Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, California, Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County and a souther ...

, California. It was inactivated at Edwards in 1997, but reactivated ad

, Tennessee in 2006. It was inactivated in 2010, but reactivated in May 2022.

Lineage

* Designated as the 6516th Logistics (Test) Squadron on 15 May 1986 : Activated on 1 October 1986 * Redesignated 716 Logistics Test Squadron on 2 October 1992 * Redesignated as 716 Test Squadron on 1 Oct 1994 : Inactivated on 30 December 1997 : Activated on 1 June 2006 : Inactivated on 30 June 2010 : Activated on 2 May 2022

Assignments

* 6510th Maintenance and Supply Group, 1 October 1986 * 6510th Test Group (later 412th Test Group), 10 March 1989 – 30 December 1997 * 704th Test Group, 1 June 2006 – 30 June 2010 * 804th Test Group, 2 May 2022 – present

Stations

, California, 1 October 1986 – 30 December 1997 *

, Tennessee, 1 June 2006 – present * Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, 2 May 2022 – present

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award The Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award (ASOUA) is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. It was established in 1954 as the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and was the first independent Air Force ...

:: 1 January 1996 – 31 December 1996

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations Military units and formations in Tennessee 0716 {{USAF-stub