The 706th Fighter Squadron is part of the 926th Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada where it oversees Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots supporting the United States Air Force Warfare Center as an associate of the 57th Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706th fly F-16, F-15C, F-15E, F-22 and A-10 aircraft. The squadron was originally activated as the 706th Bombardment Squadron a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit that flew in combat in the European Theater of World War II from 1943-1945.