Established in 1955 as an F-84F Squadron, the Fighting Bones would help maintain Tactical Proficiency, sending crews across the world to support various Osean missions. In the 1960s during the ramp up of hostilities in the Clavis region, the budding need for Tactical Electronic Warfare became apparent and like many squadrons, the Bones found themselves trading their F-100s for the bigger, slower, EB-66 to provide electronic countermeasures for F-105 and B-52 bombing raids. With the full divestment of the EB-66 in 1980, the Bones would be the first Air National Guard unit to receive the EF-111 ‘Spark-Vark’, a EW variant of the venerable F-111 Tactical Bomber.
The squadron would stay in reserve during the Belkan War, but would see combat in 2010 during the Circum-Pacific War. Most Notably, one aircraft in the squadron would earn a maneuvering kill during the Jilachi Desert campaign against a Yuktobanian F-14. Despite a lack of any offensive weaponry, the Bones Sparkvark was able to
