533d TRAINING SQUADRON – USSF

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PVC made/mounted on velcro   4.0 inch-100mm

 

533d TRAINING SQUADRON (AETC)

Lineage. Constituted as 533 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Oct 1942. Activated on 3 Nov 1942. Redesignated as 533 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 28 Aug 1945. Redesignated as 533 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 20 Dec 1946. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Feb 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated as 533 Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Titan), and activated, on 26 Feb 1962. Organized on 1 Aug 1962. Inactivated on 8 Aug 1986. Redesignated as 533 Training Squadron and reactivated on 1 Apr 1994-.

Assignments. 381 Bombardment Group, 3 Nov 1942-28 Aug 1945. Second Air Force, 20 Dec 1946; 381 Bombardment Group, 27 Feb 1947-27 Jun 1949. Strategic Air Command, 1 Aug 1962; 381 Strategic Missile Wing, 1 Aug 1962-8 Aug 1986. 381 Training Group, 1 Apr 1994-.

Stations. Gowen Field, ID, 3 Nov 1942; Ephrata, WA, 1 Dec 1942; Pyote AAB, TX, 27 Dec 1942; Pueblo AAB, CO, 6 Apr-10 May 1943; Ridgewell, England, 2 Jun 1943-24 Jun 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 3 Jul-28 Aug 1945. Offutt Field (later, AFB), NE, 27 Apr 1947-27 Jun 1949. McConnell AFB, KS, 1 Aug 1962-8 Aug 1986. Vandenberg AFB, CA, 1 Apr 1994-.

Aircraft and Missiles. B-17, 1942-1945. AT-6 and AT-11, 1947-1949. LGM-25C Titan II, 1962-1986. None, 1994-.

Operations. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 22 Jun 1943-25 Apr 1945. Maintained proficiency in strategic missile operations, Jul 1963-May 1986. Space and missile maintainence training, Apr 1994-.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat.EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Bremen, Germany, 8 Oct 1943; Germany, 11 Jan 1944.

Emblem. Approved on 4 Sep 1943.