537th Bombardment Squadron

37th Tactical Missile Squadron
CIM-10 BOMARC missile battery
Active	1942-1944, 1944-1946, 1960-1972
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	bombardment training, strategic bombardment, surface-to-air missile
Size	squadron
Motto(s)	Semper Vigilans Latin Always Watchful (1960-1972)
Engagements	Asiatic Pacific Theater
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
Patch with the 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron emblem

The 37th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active as the 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron, assigned to the 23d Air Division, stationed near Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1972.

After inactivation, the squadron was consolidated with two World War II bomber squadrons, the 537th Bombardment Squadron, a training unit active from 1942 to 1944, and the 680th Bombardment Squadron, which flew Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in the strategic campaign against Japan. The 680th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions. The consolidated squadron has not been active.

The squadron was first activated as the 537th Bombardment Squadron at Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah as one of the four squadrons of the 382d Bombardment Group in late 1942. It moved to Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, where it was equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberators and served as an operational training unit until late March 1943. The operational training unit program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to "satellite groups." It then moved to Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho and became a replacement training unit. Replacement training units were also oversized, but focused on training individual pilots and aircrews. Its personnel were withdrawn circa 3 December 1943 as it moved to Muroc Army Air Field, California and it remained a paper unit until it was inactivated in March 1944.