330th COMBAT TRAINING SQUADRON – HERITAGE – 50’s

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330th COMBAT TRAINING SQUADRON (ACC)

Lineage. Constituted as 330 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Redesignated as: 330 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 Aug 1943; 330 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945; 330 Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948; 330 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 1 Feb 1955. Discontinued and inactivated, on 15 Sep 1963. Redesignated as 330 Combat Flight Instructor Squadron on 5 Aug 1988. Activated on 24 Aug 1988. Redesignated as 330 Flying Training Squadron on 1 Jun 1992. Inactivated on 20 Jan 1994. Redesignated as 330 Combat Training Squadron on 28 Jun 2002. Activated on 13 Aug 2002. Alloted to the National Guard Bureau on 1 Oct 2002. Relieved from allotment to the National Guard Bureau, and assigned to Air Combat Command, on 1 Oct 2011.

Assignments. 93 Bombardment Group, 1 Mar 1942; 93 Bombardment Wing, attached 10 Feb 1951-15 Jun 1952, assigned 16 Jun 1952-15 Sep 1963 (under operational control of 22 Bombardment Wing, c. 5-15 Sep 1963). 93 Bombardment Wing, 24 Aug 1988; 93 Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991; 398 Operations Group, 1 Jun 1992-20 Jan 1994. 93 Operations Group, 13 Aug 2002; 116 Air Control Wing, 1 Oct 2002; 461 Operations Group, 1 Oct 2011-.

Stations. Barksdale Field, LA, 1 Mar 1942; Ft Myers, FL, 18 May-13 Aug 1942; Alconbury, England, 7 Sep 1942 (operated from Holmsley, England, 22 Oct-Nov 1942); Hardwick, England, c. 6 Dec 1942-15 Jun 1945 (operated from Tafaraoui, Algeria, 7-15 Dec 1942; Gambut, Libya, 16 Dec 1942-25 Feb 1953; Bengasi, Libya, 27 Jun-26 Aug 1943; Oudna, Tunisia, 18 Sep-3 Oct 1943); Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 26 Jun 1945; Pratt AAFld, KS, 24 Jul 1945; Clovis AAFld, NM, 13 Dec 1945; Castle Field (later, AFB), CA, 21 Jun 1946; March AFB, CA, 15 Sep 1963. Castle AFB, CA, 24 Aug 1988-20 Jan 1994. Robins AFB, GA, 13 Aug 2002-.

Aircraft. B-24, 1942-1945; B-29, 1945-1949; B-50, 1949-1954; B-47, 1954-1955; B-52, 1955-1963. B-52, 1988-1992; KC-135, 1988-1993. E-8 Joint STARS, 2002-.

Operations. Antisubmarine patrols, May-30 Jul 1942; combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO) and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), 9 Oct 1942-25 Apr 1945. Converted to a training unit in 1957, but maintained its combat-ready proficiency until inactivated in Sep 1963. Taught B-52 Combat Flight Instructors Course, 1988-1992 and the KC-135 Combat Instructors Course, 1988-1993. Trained US Army and USAF aircrew members to perform their specific roles in E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 2002-.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Egypt-Libya; Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa, 17 Dec 1942-20 Feb 1943; Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan 1956-1 Jul 1959; 1 Jun 1962-1 Apr 1963; [24 Aug] 1988-30 Jun 1990; 2 Aug 1990-11 Apr 1991; 1 Oct 1992-30 Jun 1993; 1 Jul-30 Sep 1993; 31 Aug 2004-31 May 2006; 1 Jun 2006-31 May 2007.

Emblem. Approved on 12 May 1989. Emblem should be modified to meet the standards of AFI 84-105, chapter 3.