Biddle Air National Guard Station Willow Grove, Pa

In 2021, the name of the base was changed to the Biddle Air National Guard Station, named in honor of Major Charles Biddle, who flew during World War I as part of the famous Lafayette Escadrilles (a group of American pilots who volunteered to fly French aircraft prior to the United States’ entry into the war.)

Biddle founded the 103rd Observation Squadron, a unit of the 28th Army Division, at the Philadelphia Airport, in June 1924. The 103rd has operated continually since 1924 and is known today as the 103rd Attack Squadron, which is the flying element of the 111th Attack Wing. In 2013, 103rd/111th was selected to stand-up a flight operations center at Biddle to operate remotely piloted aircraft (drones) overseas and domestically.