Its last assignment was with the 38th Tactical Missile Wing at Sembach Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 25 September 1966, as the A model of the MGM-13 Mace was phased out of operation.

It served in combat in the Southwest Pacific Theater, moving forward to Okinawa shortly before V-J Day.

However, the 823rd was not manned until about 20 June 1943, when it moved to Port Moresby, New Guinea and equipped with North American B-25 Mitchells.

[2] In August 1943, the squadron strafed Japanese defenses on Cape Gloucester in New Britain, to prepare for the amphibious attack on the island.

On 10 November, it struck a large enemy convoy near Ormoc Bay, for which the squadron was awarded its third DUC.

In January 1945, the squadron moved to Lingayen Airfield on Luzon, from which it continued to support ground forces in the Philippines, but also mounted attacks on industrial targets in Taiwan and struck shipping along the coast of China.