There was an Agreement with the United States Relative to Operation and Maintenance of the John Rodgers Airport and Keehi Lagoon Seaplane Base. Brig. Fifty five P-40 aircraft also arrived by aircraft carrier. In addition, the losses in Europe were reaching such magnitudes that the entire B-17 production was urgently needed for replacements and training in that theatre. An alternate route existed over the Waianae Mountains at 3,000 feet msl. Pacific Wrecks - B-17E "Goonie" Serial Number 41-2523 A total of 1,341 acres of cane land near Kahului was selected and construction of Kahului Naval Air Station began in 1942. It was operated as the Naval Air Station, Puunene, Maui, for the training of carrier air groups. It was a graded and oiled strip 3,000 feet long for small aircraft, and was named Bordelon Field. One Hawaiian Airlines C-53 Douglas aircraft was converted to augment the Sikorsky freighters then in use by the airline. The Hawaii Aeronautics Commission held its organization meeting. The History of the 31st Bombardment Squadron (H) by Joanne Pfannenstiel Emerick: 5th BG Fifth Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II: 13th Air Force, USAAF by Ray Merriam: 5th BG History of the Fifth Bomb Group by Hillsborough House: 5th BG - SCOOTIN THUNDER B - 24 D1 - 30 - CO 42-40100 13 5 72 Squadrons. Hickam Field (17th Air Base) was the largest U.S. Air Corps Station, with approximately 100 officers and 3,000 men. to the neighbor islands. United States Army Air Force, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource Unit stations People Aircraft Revisions Date 11 Apr 2023 17:33:57 Contributor richrogy Jack W. Fox, PFC: Frank J. Lango, Pvt: William M. Northway, Pvt: . 431st (formerly 50th, later 5th): 1930-1938, direct to Kalaupapa. The airfieldwas owned by the U.S. Army Air Force and was developed extensively by the Army during the war. Carpenter stated that Westa was relieved due to his "inability to foster a culture of excellence, a lack of focus on the strategic mission and substandard performance during several nuclear surety inspections, including the newly activated 69th Bomb Squadron." Operational squadrons were 23d, 31st and 72d Strategic Reconnaissance flying Boeing RB-17G/F-2/F-9/F-13 aircraft (194749) and beginning in 1948, Boeing RB-29 aircraft until 1951. During the war years, John Rodgers Airport was also home base for the Naval Utility Flight Unit, Naval Air Transport Service, 1522d AAF Base Unit, 15th Air Service Squadron and 19th Troop Carrier Squadron. Puunene Airport was taken over by the Territory of Hawaii under a permissive agreement with the Navy. Trans-Ocean Airlines inaugurated air service to Hawaii. The commission hired a crash-fire crew to work with two pieces of equipment procured from the Navy and to function in coordination with Navy crash fire activity on the airport. Construction began on Kailua (Kona) Airport. This page is not available in other languages. Reconstruction of Lanai Airport was started on April 12, 1948 and was the first Territorial Airport to be developed under joint Civil Aeronautics Administration-Territorial participation of funds. The airportwas one of the largest in the U.S. and comprised 4,019.476 acres. Following that incident, the wing failed a nuclear surety inspection conducted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in May 2008. May 1944; Borneo, 30 Sep 1944. During the time, its members accumulated more than 13,300 medals and decorations. The Civil Aeronautics Administration provided $2,500 toward the cost on a 75/25 basis. The runway was lengthened to 3,800 feet. Remanned in Mar 1947, equipped with FB-17's and F-2's, and engaged in mapping areas of the Philippines, Formosa, and the Pescadores. One of two B-24s equipped for high altitude photography of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands had reached Hawaii. Terminal facilities were built by the Navy during the war. Kamuela Airport was located on Parker Ranch lands and was built by the U.S. Marines during World War II. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. The book details the diary of William Davis Parker, a gunner with the 5th BG. The Hawaiian Air Force was set up with two base commands (General Order 41, November 2, 1940); 17th Air Base (at Hickam Field) with Brig. Aleksandr Mohyla - - Slobozhanska The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Assigned to Seventh AF in Feb 1942. ), Redesignated 731st Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1957), Redesignated 332d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1952), Redesignated 333d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1952), Inactivated 1994 & Redesignated 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron (2004), Inactivated 1963 & Redesignated 338th Combat Crew Training Squadron (1985), Inactivated 1992 & Redesignated 340th Weapons Squadron (2003), Redesignated 344th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1986), Inactivated 1972 & Redesignated 346th Test and Evaluation Squadron B-1/B-52H (19921995), Redesignated 349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966), Redesignated 350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966), Redesignated 351st Air Refueling Squadron (1992), Redesignated 356th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949), Redesignated 357th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 1st Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 18th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 19th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 370th Flight Test Squadron (2001), Redesignated 373d Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 374th Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 376th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (1949), Redesignated 377th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (1949), Redesignated 378th Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault, Fixed Wing) (1955), Inactivated 1965, Redesignated 380th Space Control Squadron (2008), Redesignated 528th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 529th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 386th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Redesignated 387th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Redesignated 388th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Inactivated 1945 & Consolidated with 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1985), Redesignated 394th Combat Training Squadron (1996), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 96th Air Refueling Squadron; Inactivated 2005, Inactivated 1944; Consolidated with 99th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Redesignated 400th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman) (1963), Redesignated 405th Tactical Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 906th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1959), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron (1963), Consolidated with 911th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Consolidated with 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Consolidated with 6513th Test Squadron and redesignated 413th Test Squadron (1992), Inactivated 1945; Redesignated 414th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (2011), Consolidated with 6515th Test Squadron and redesignated 415th Test Squadron (1992), Inactivated 1949; Consolidated with 6516th Test Squadron and redesignated 416th Test Squadron (1992), Consolidated with 6518th Test Squadron and redesignated 418th Test Squadron (1992), Consolidated with 6519th Test Squadron and redesignated 419th Test Squadron (1992), Redesignated 20th Antisubmarine Squadron (1942), Redesignated 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic (1946), Redesignated 867th Bombardment Squadron (1943), Redesignated 436th Strategic Training Squadron (1986), Redesignated 168th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 180th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 114th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 117th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 446th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 447th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 448th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 449th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 450th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 451st Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 452d Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 453d Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 454th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 455th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 457th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1967), Redesignated 458th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1962), Redesignated 166th Liaison Squadron (Commando) (1944), Inactivated 1944, Consolidated with 68th Air Refueling Squadron (19 September 1985), Inactivated 1944, Consolidated with 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron (19 September 1985), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1955), Redesignated 489th Reconnaissance Squadron (2011), Redesignated 490th Strategic Missile Squadron, Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 93d Air Refueling Squadron (19?? Copyright 2023, State of Hawaii. Admiral Nimitz appointed a Joint Army-Navy Board on Aviation Facilities in the Main Hawaiian Group, chaired by Army MG Hale. Construction plans for the new Hana Airportwere about 30 percentcomplete. Australian National Airways inaugurated air service. Ten Keystone B-3 and B-4 bombers from the group's 23d and 72d Bombardment Squadrons dropped 20, 600-pound bombs around the volcano to divert molten lava away from the town. and Southwest Pacific with B-17 and B-24 aircraft, served in combat This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. The mission of the base, the support of Naval Air Transport Service, remains unchanged except that operations are to be conducted on a reduced sale. Gen. Frederick L. Martin, was deployed. Requests for space from prospective trans-Pacific operators included the following: Pan American Airways, United Air Lines, KNILM (Dutch Airlines), Australian National Airways, Far East Air Transport, Matson Navigation Co., Transocean Airlines, Pacific Overseas Airlines, Samoan Area Airways, China National Aviation Corp., and Philippine Airlines. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. 6th Pursuit: 1919-1927. Burns Field, Kauai, was too small for military aircraft and was rendered unusable by the Army. The project was scheduled for completion in July 1948. 5th Operations Group | Military Wiki | Fandom However, the most important construction was four runways at John Rodgers Airport which would become Naval Air Station Honolulu (NAS 29) and home base for an Army and Navy Air Transport Command. Construction began at Barber Point Naval Air Station. The Air Force, created out of the Army, became a separate service in 1947. The bombers dropped more than 3million pounds of weaponry, including conventional air-launched cruise missiles, joint direct attack munitions, gravity weapons, laser-guided bombs and leaflet dispensers. The Army Corps of Engineers was about 10 percentcomplete on the dredging of three seaplane runways at Keehi Lagoon which were to be two to three miles long by 1,000 feet wide by 10 feet deep. It was comprised of a paved runway 100-feet wide by 3,500 feet in length with taxiways, aircraft parking mat, and an access road connecting the main road through the village of Kailua. TheHawaiian Air Force, an integrated command for slightly more than one year, under the command of Major. Operations were officially begun by the arrival and landing of a JRF piloted by the Command Officer, Naval Air Station, Kahului, followed immediately by nine SBDs and one F6F aircraft of Composite Squadron 23 under command of Senior Naval Aviation Present, with personnel and gear on hand for duty. STATIONS. Immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack all airports were taken over by the armed forces of the United States. On the north side of the field, the Navy built the Naval Air Station Honolulu to support the Naval Air Transport operations and to house about 5,000 men. Contact Us, If you have any data on servicemen and their units and would like to submit it to our digital library; please Contact Us, Copyright, Army Air Corps Library and Museum, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Hawaii Aviation | Hickam Field Photos 1937-1941 the Pescadores. The construction of Maui Airport beganin 1938 by the Department of Public Works and the development was continued by various agencies such as the U.S. District Engineers under the Civil Aeronautics Administration-Territorial airport program, then by a joint Army-Navy program and then completed by the Navy. Wartime History. 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Territorial funds of $140,000 werematched by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Concessions included RCA Communications, a barber shop, flower shop and blind vendors news stand. Hilo Flying School provided charter and rental services from General Lyman Field to the island of Hawaii. Itofficially designated an area parallel to the beach and known as Kailua airstrip to become Kona Airport. To complete the project, paving taxiways and parking areas brought the total to $678,854. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Constructors Number 2334. HD Stock Video Footage - U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s on - CriticalPast 72nd Bomb Squadron Association . The Navy completed construction of a terminal building, control tower and maintenance hangars for land planes operated by the Naval Air Transport Services. The First Transport Squadron (8 planes) was formed to service 17 neighbor island Army air fields. Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 41st Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135). Redesignated 5th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in April 1946, and 5th Reconnaissance Group in February 1947. The Hawaii Aeronautics Commission accepted Naval Air Station Kahului from the Navy on a permitted basis. Motto: Kiai O Ka Lewa Pacific Ocean Airlines inaugurated air service between Hawaii and the Mainland. 1939, and 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in Nov 1940. 19th Pursuit: 1924-1927. These included the CAA Control Tower, Airways Traffic Control and Communication Center, U.S. Customs, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Public Health and U.S. 31st Bombardment Squadron. 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field. The airportwas located on land owned by the Territory. This was in line with the Mainland practice in changing longstanding names of airports to that of the city where the airport was located. A search was on for a site for a new airport for Kamuela as Bordelon Field was found to be unsuitable for development. The bomber made the 9,444 mile flight via the North Pole. This was broken down to $51,000 Federal, $91,000 Territorial, and $113,000 by Inter-Island Airways. 31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air (Approved 10 Sep 1934. The group is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, being a successor organization of the 5th Group (Composite), one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. Northwest Airlines began regularly scheduled service between Portland, Seattle and Honolulu. By All commercial overseas flights between the West Coast of the U.S., Australia, the Philippines and East Asiawere operating from the Overseas Terminal on the south side of the airport. Ewa Field was established as a Marine Corps Air Station. Inter-Island Airways acquired three DC-3 24-passenger aircraft and they flew from Oakland to Honolulu in 14 hours and 58 minutes. Thirteenth Air Force - Wikipedia Between 1947 and 1958, the group underwent several name and assignment changes while continually upgrading its aircraft. The base consisted of two groups: 1) 5th Bomb Group, consisting of 5 squadrons, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 23rd Bomb Squadron, 31st Bomb Squadron, 72nd Bomb Squadron and 4th Recon Group. Two Hawaiian Airlines transports were damaged on the ground during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Associated Airways inaugurated air service to Honolulu. 31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air Force . web pages The use of this field by small plane operations was acquired by the Department of Public Works prior to the creation of the Hawaii Aeronautics Commission at no cost to the Territory. The airport comprised 2,317.969 acres of land. Decorations. Activities included training, participating in Army-Navy 31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air Force STATIONS. Glenn T. Belcher was elected chairman and Robert L. Campbell was appointed Director of Aeronautics. The B-24 was better suited for operations in the Pacific, having a higher speed and a larger bomb load at medium altitudes. However, the group's aircrews went on to become the first U.S. military forces to take to the air following the attack. This page is not available in other languages. In the weeks following the terrorist attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001, the 5th BW deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 5th Bombardment Group (5th BG) "Bomber Barons", Courage Before Every Danger - Honor Honor Before All Men The History of the 31st Bombardment Squadron (H) in World War II In Their Own Words, Pacific Wrecks - 5th Bombardment Group "Bomber Barons" Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Pacific Wrecks - 5th Bombardment Group "Bomber Barons" Consolidated B-24 Liberators, History of the Fifth Bombardment Group: The Story of 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), The Bomber Barons: The History of the 5th Bomb Group in the Pacific during World War II, Captain James Donald Robertson His Life and Times From Judith Gap, Montana To World War II In The South Pacific. There were no civil airports at Kahului; that site still belonged to the Naval Air Station. Mokuleia Field was renamed for George Dillingham. An airstrip was added to the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe. 1927-1938, 1939-1946. 31st Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy | American Battle Today, the 5th's B-52Hs are a major component of the USAF's strategic bombing force, alongside the Rockwell B-1B Lancer and the Northrop B-2A Spirit. 5th Bomb Wing | Military Wiki | Fandom Hawaiian Air Force Casualties and Damage from Japanese Attack: Hickam 124 37 274 432, Wheeler 376 53 96, Bellows 2 0 9 14, Total 163 43 336 542. All rights reserved. Activities included training, participating in Army-Navy maneuvers, staging aerial reviews and sowing seeds from the air for the Territorial Forestry Division. Command. Equipped with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Douglas B-18 Bolos by December 1941. Ceram, Halmahera, and Formosa; support for ground forces in the 5th Air Force. 1952. 1950-16 Jun 1952. The Navy established a weather and communications facility at Upolu Airport and used it as an auxiliary field to the Naval Air Station, Hilo for training of carrier pilots. Authorized as 2nd Group (Observation) on 15 Aug 1919 and organized He was a bombardier in the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group and his aircraft "Decatur Deb" was shot down on May 28, 1944. 1946, 1947. The Secretary of the Navy redesignated the Naval Air Station, Keehi Lagoon as U.S. The airport had two paved runways 400 feet in width and 6,900-feet and 6,000-feet in length. Hawaii Aviation | 1940-1949 Aerial reinforcements were being rushed to Philippine Islands as most probable spot of attack by Japanese. Andrew Flying Service operated a charter service and flying school. This was the first Air Force outside the Continental U.S. Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin, C.G. After the war, these operations returned to Port Allen Airport. The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Scheduled airlineswere required to continue service from Barking Sands. NAS 1504 at Midway was supported by Barbers Point NAS. Joseph E Reddoch Jr, 31 Dec 1943; Col Thomas C Musgrave Jr, 4 Apr 1944; World War Two had started in Hawaii and was followed within a few hours by attacks on the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. Moved to the US in May 1949. Valley Isle Aviation operated from Kahului Airport, providing service on the island of Maui similar to that furnished by Maui Flying Academy. 5th Bombardment Group (5th BG) "Bomber Barons" - Pacific Wrecks George P. Bolan, SSgt: Richard A. Dickerson, Cpl: Alfred Hays, Pvt: . Stations. personnel evidently had been withdrawn by early in 1946. Part of 94th Bomb Group. Commanders. Weather bureau established an airport weather station there. Canadian Pacific Airlines inaugurated air service to Honolulu. This page was last edited on 17 June 2021, at 14:17. Every available foot of frontage for fixed base operators at John Rodgers Airport was optioned by mid-1946. The Hawaiian Air Force was activated (General Order 37, October 28, 1940). Property Damage: Hangars at both Hickam and Wheeler were severely damaged. Permission to operate Hilo Airport as a commercial airport was granted the Territory of Hawaii by letter from the Commanding General, Armed Forces; however operational control still remained with the Air Force pending formal cancellation of the existing lease. Pan American Airways resumed commercial seaplane operations between San Francisco and Hawaii with the Boeing Clippers which had been leased to the Navy during the War. [3], 16 September 2016 saw one of the 5th OG's largest annual readiness exercise dubbed "Exercise Prairie Vigilance" take place. Flights took 16 hours and the cost was $278. aircraft. Civilian passenger service continued under the Army. It was built on Parker Ranch land. Hawaii became the center of two world air routes offered by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Campaigns. The buildings and other facilities were constructed by the Navy during the War. One plane was destroyed and three badly damaged. GI Flight Training under the government vocational training program for veteranswas the main source of revenue for flight schools with GI contracts This federal expenditure was a great help to the struggling private flying industry. Gen. Walter H. Frank, C. G. of the 18th Bomb Wing (B-10s), and 18th Air Base (at Wheeler Field) with Brig. Some of these airfields were considered vulnerable to attack and unusable, and the others were placed under strict control of either the Army or Navy. Act 35, Session Laws of Hawaii 1941, appropriated $7,500 for the acquisition of lands in Kailua (Kona) for an airport. The 1947 Legislature appropriated $60,000 for the development of this field but the construction necessary to develop a field with sufficient length to meet schedule airline operation using DC-3 aircraft would necessitate an expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars. Naval Air Station Honolulu was redesignated U.S. 23d Matriel Squadron. Plus an assortment of observation, training and attack planes. Civilian aviation operations on Kauai were handled by the Army Air Corps at Barking Sands during the War. Hilo Airport was taken over by the Army and an Air Corps fighter squadron was stationed there. A year later, it became the 5th Group (Pursuit and Bombardment) with its crews flying DeHaviland DH-4 aircraft. The main portion of the airport, including the runways and taxiways,was located within the boundaries of land owned by the Territory and consisted of 515.639 acres. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! In order to provide aviation facilities to the Army and Navy on the Neighbor Islands, 91 acres of land at Hickam Field was traded to the Territory of Hawaii for access to airfield land on Kauai (Port Allen), Maui (Puunene), Molokai (Homestead Field), and Hilo and Upolu on the Big Island. Upolu Airport was returned to the Territory by the Navy and civilian air service was resumed, with the Navy buildings used for terminal facilities. As a security measure, the airplane windows were blacked out. Development was made by the Army and consisted of two runways, 4,400-feet and 3,200 feet in length. Solomon Islands and the Coral Sea, attacked Japanese shipping off ), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1959), Redesignated 508th Strategic Missile Squadron, Redesignated 509th Strategic Missile Squadron, Redesignated 510th Strategic Missile Squadron, Inactivated 1965 & Redesignated 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron (2009), Redesignated 514th Flight Test Squadron in 1970, Redesignated 11th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 12th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 13th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 14th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 15th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 16th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), then 820th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy (1943), Redesignated 17th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 2d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 532d Strategic Missile Squadron 1961, Redesignated 533d Strategic Missile Squadron 1962, Redesignated 336th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949), Redesignated 548th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 549th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 550th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 551st Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1964), Redesignated 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1962), Redesignated 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1962), Redesignated 560th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1962), Redesignated 561st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1953), Redesignated 562d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1953), Redesignated 564th Strategic Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 565th Strategic Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 566th Strategic Missile Squadron (1959), Redesignated 567th Strategic Missile Squadron (1959), Redesignated 568th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 569th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 570th Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 571st Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 576th Strategic Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 577th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 578th Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 579th Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1955), Consolidated with 6586th Test Squadron (1992), Redesignated 165th Liaison Squadron (Commando) (1944), Inactivated 1951, Redesignated 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1953), Inactivated 1951, Redesignated 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1953), Inactivated 1949, Redesignated 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1953), Inactivated 1949, Redesignated 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1953), Redesignated 512th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 513th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 514th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 515th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 516th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 517th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 518th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 519th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 520th Fighter Squadron (1943), Redesignated 700th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952), Redesignated 701st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952), Redesignated 704th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (1955), Redesignated 709th Military Airlift Squadron (Associate) (1973), Redesignated 711th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952) (1973), Inactivated 1990 & Redesignated 715th Weapons Squadron (2003), Inactivated 1963, Redesignated 718th Intelligence Squadron (2011), Redesignated 46th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Photographic-Weather), Redesignated 728th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967), Redesignated 729th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967), Redesignated 730th Tactical Airlift Squadron (1967), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 55th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1950), Redesignated 756th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1954), Redesignated 772d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 773d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 774th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 815th Troop Carrier Squadron (1953), Redesignated 816th Troop Carrier Squadron (1953), Redesignated 817 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 822d Tactical Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 823d Tactical Missile Squadron (1962), Redesignated 850th Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Redesignated 851st Strategic Missile Squadron (1960), Consolidated with 788th Bombardment Squadron (Provisional); Inactivated 1945, Consolidated with 962d Airborne Early Warning & Control Squadron (1985), Redesignated 865th Strategic Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 866th Strategic Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 873d Tactical Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 874th Tactical Missile Squadron (1961), Replaced by 329th Combat Crew Training Squadron (1986), This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 22:04.
