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Commanders of the 330th Combat Training Squadronedit
The Commander of the 330th Combat Training Squadron is an Air Force position generally held by a Lieutenant Colonel. The 330 CTS is responsible for organizing, equipping, and ensuring the combat capability of all student Airman for the Battle Control Center (BCC), in a competitive and challenging training environment.
Engaged in long-range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt in December 1942; operating from airfields in Libya and Tunisia. Raided enemy military and industrial targets in Italy and in the southern Balkans, including the Nazi-controlled oilfields at Ploiești, Romania, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry in that raid. Also flew tactical bombing raids against Afrika Korps defensive positions in Tunisia; supporting British Eighth Army forces in their advance to Tunis, in September and October 1943.
Returned to England with disestablishment of IX Bomber Command in North Africa. From England, resumed long-range strategic bombardment raids on Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive. The squadron was one of the most highly decorated units in the Eighth Air Force, continuing offensive attacks until the German capitulation in May 1945.
Returned to the United States in June 1945; being re-manned and re-equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers. Trained for deployment to the Central Pacific Area to carry out very long range strategic bombing raids over Japan. Japanese capitulation in August canceled plans for deployment, instead became Continental Air Command (later Strategic Air Command) B-29 squadron.
Cold Waredit
During the Cold War, the squadron was equipped with new weapons systems as they became available, performing strategic bombardment training with the B-50 Superfortress, an advanced version of the B-29 in 1950. The B-50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary. By 1951, the emergence of the Soviet MiG-15 interceptor in the skies of North Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. Received Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954, and in 1955 began receiving early model of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Inactivated in 1963 due to retirement of the B-52B and also budget restrictions.
Post Cold Waredit
Reactivated in 1988 as the 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron. The squadron received aircraft from the inactivating 320th Bombardment Wing at Mather Air Force Base. In 1992 after the deactivation of SAC, the 330 FTS aligned under the 398th Operations Group at Castle Air Force Base, California and continued training KC-135 and B-52 crew members to become flight instructors. The squadron inactivated in 1994 after the end of the Cold War and the reduction of the B-52 fleet. Reactivated in 2002 at Robins Air Force Base as an advanced training unit for the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard when the Guard became the primary operator of the JSTARS. Returned to the regular Air Force in 2011 as the 461st Air Control Wing assumed the JSTARS mission which ran successfully until February 2023. In April 2023, the 330th Combat Training Squadron began its present mission, training disciplined combat ready warriors to execute the Battle Management Control Squadron taskings.
Lineageedit
Constituted as the 330th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942
Activated on 1 March 1942
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 1 February 1955
Inactivated on 15 September 1963
Redesignated as 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron on 5 August 1988
Activated on 24 August 1988.
Redesignated as 330th Flying Training Squadron on 1 June 1992
Inactivated on 20 January 1994
Redesignated as 330th Combat Training Squadron on 28 June 2002
Activated on 13 August 2002
Allotted to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2002
Relieved from allotment to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2011[1]
RAF Hardwick (AAF-104),[3] England, c. 6 December 1942 – 15 June 1945
Air echelon operated from Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria, 7–15 December 1942; RAF Gambut, Libya, 16 December 1942 – 25 February 1943; Benghazi Airport, Libya, 27 June-26 August 1943; Oudna Airfield, Tunisia, 18 September-3 October 1943
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL yes: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Watkins, Robert (2008). Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force In World War II. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN978-0-7643-1987-7.
External linksedit
The 93rd Bombardment Group Museum, Station 104, Hardwick. A small museum on the actual airfield site in Nissen (Quonset) and brick built huts.
January 01, 1970
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The 330th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 461st Air Control Wing based at Robins Air Force Base Georgia 330th Combat Training SquadronStudents train to become BCC Battle Management Operations Specialists at Robins AFBActive1942 1963 1988 1994 2002 presentCountry United StatesBranch United States Air ForceRoleTraining for Battle Management Command and Control BMC2 Part ofAir Combat CommandGarrison HQRobins Air Force BaseMotto s CTS Trains the Best EngagementsEuropean Theater of OperationsMediterranean Theater of Operations 1 DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation1943 and 1943Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1959 1963 1990 1991 1993 1993 2006 2007 2014 2018 2020 and 2021Meritorious Service Award2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 and 2019Air and Space Outstanding Unit AwardInsignia330th Combat Training Squadron emblem approved 12 May 1989 1 330th Bombardment Squadron emblem SAC era 330th Bombardment Squadron emblem World War II 2 Contents 1 Commanders of the 330th Combat Training Squadron 2 History 2 1 World War II 2 2 Cold War 2 3 Post Cold War 3 Lineage 3 1 Assignments 3 2 Stations 3 3 Aircraft Weapons Systems 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Bibliography 6 External linksCommanders of the 330th Combat Training Squadron editThe Commander of the 330th Combat Training Squadron is an Air Force position generally held by a Lieutenant Colonel The 330 CTS is responsible for organizing equipping and ensuring the combat capability of all student Airman for the Battle Control Center BCC in a competitive and challenging training environment Commander From Through 1 Col Kenneth A Cool March 1942 June 1943 2 Maj Ramsey D Potts June 1943 August 1943 3 Capt John R Roache August 1943 Unknown 4 Maj Clarence R Porter Unknown 16 March 1944 5 Lt Col James C Beam 16 March 1944 1 May 1944 6 Maj Harley D Sather 1 May 1944 26 May 1944 7 Maj J J Smith 26 May 1944 31 May 1944 8 Maj George O McCafferty 31 May 1944 1 June 1944 9 Maj Henry K Segars Jr 1 June 1944 18 September 1944 10 Maj Arthur Williamson 18 September 1944 6 October 1944 11 Lt Col Arther P Hurr 6 October 1944 24 March 1945 12 Maj Robert J D Johnson 24 March 1945 August 1945 13 Capt Albert J Loeffler August 1945 September 1945 14 Maj William H Moore September 1945 Unknown 15 Lt Col Robert H Stuart June 1948 Unknown 16 Col William W Wisman Unknown 22 October 1951 17 Lt Col Robert K Simeral 22 October 1951 January 1954 18 Lt Col Joseph J Semanek January 1954 8 October 1954 19 Lt Col Bryan M Shotts 8 October 1954 2 April 1958 20 Lt Col Jack O Reagan 2 April 1958 May 1959 21 Lt Col Robert J Jones May 1959 July 1960 22 Lt Col Fancis J O Sullivan July 1960 September 1961 23 Lt Col Frank A Sheehan September 1961 June 1963 24 Lt Col Rowan M Perkins June 1963 July 1963 25 Lt Col Rex E Zepp July 1963 September 1963 26 Lt Col Billy F Richey 24 August 1988 16 March 1990 27 Lt Col Jeffery J Parker 16 March 1990 1 November 1990 28 Lt Col Danny M Rouse 1 November 1990 28 February 1992 29 Lt Col William F Kuerz II 28 February 1992 Unknown 30 Lt Col Steve Barrett 1 March 2002 5 March 2004 31 Lt Col John Hansen 5 March 2004 19 December 2005 32 Lt Col Patrick W Taylor 19 December 2005 19 December 2007 33 Lt Col Derrick Dykes 19 December 2007 9 August 2009 34 Lt Col Mark Burnette 9 August 2009 22 April 2011 35 Lt Col Michael A Reschke 22 April 2011 5 April 2013 36 Lt Col William B Jackson 5 April 2013 6 April 2015 37 Lt Col Brandon C Durant 6 April 2015 21 April 2017 38 Lt Col Kendra Li 21 April 2017 12 April 2019 39 Lt Col Sean P Cullen 12 April 2019 23 April 2021 40 Lt Col Michael J Gutierrez 23 April 2021 20 April 2023 41 Lt Col Kyle E Stramblad 20 April 2023 PresentHistory editWorld War II edit Established in early 1942 initially as a Consolidated B 24 Liberator reconnaissance squadron flying antisubmarine patrols Later trained under Third Air Force in Florida Completed training in late 1942 deploying to European Theater of Operations as one of the initial heavy bomber squadrons assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England September 1942 Engaged in long range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt in December 1942 operating from airfields in Libya and Tunisia Raided enemy military and industrial targets in Italy and in the southern Balkans including the Nazi controlled oilfields at Ploiești Romania receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry in that raid Also flew tactical bombing raids against Afrika Korps defensive positions in Tunisia supporting British Eighth Army forces in their advance to Tunis in September and October 1943 Returned to England with disestablishment of IX Bomber Command in North Africa From England resumed long range strategic bombardment raids on Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States air offensive The squadron was one of the most highly decorated units in the Eighth Air Force continuing offensive attacks until the German capitulation in May 1945 Returned to the United States in June 1945 being re manned and re equipped with Boeing B 29 Superfortress heavy bombers Trained for deployment to the Central Pacific Area to carry out very long range strategic bombing raids over Japan Japanese capitulation in August canceled plans for deployment instead became Continental Air Command later Strategic Air Command B 29 squadron Cold War edit During the Cold War the squadron was equipped with new weapons systems as they became available performing strategic bombardment training with the B 50 Superfortress an advanced version of the B 29 in 1950 The B 50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary By 1951 the emergence of the Soviet MiG 15 interceptor in the skies of North Korea signaled the end of the propeller driven B 50 as a first line strategic bomber Received Boeing B 47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954 and in 1955 began receiving early model of the Boeing B 52 Stratofortress Inactivated in 1963 due to retirement of the B 52B and also budget restrictions Post Cold War edit Reactivated in 1988 as the 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron The squadron received aircraft from the inactivating 320th Bombardment Wing at Mather Air Force Base In 1992 after the deactivation of SAC the 330 FTS aligned under the 398th Operations Group at Castle Air Force Base California and continued training KC 135 and B 52 crew members to become flight instructors The squadron inactivated in 1994 after the end of the Cold War and the reduction of the B 52 fleet Reactivated in 2002 at Robins Air Force Base as an advanced training unit for the E 8 Joint STARS aircraft Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard when the Guard became the primary operator of the JSTARS Returned to the regular Air Force in 2011 as the 461st Air Control Wing assumed the JSTARS mission which ran successfully until February 2023 In April 2023 the 330th Combat Training Squadron began its present mission training disciplined combat ready warriors to execute the Battle Management Control Squadron taskings Lineage editConstituted as the 330th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 28 January 1942 Activated on 1 March 1942 Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 20 August 1943 Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron Very Heavy on 23 May 1945 Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron Medium on 28 May 1948 Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 1 February 1955 Inactivated on 15 September 1963 Redesignated as 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron on 5 August 1988 Activated on 24 August 1988 Redesignated as 330th Flying Training Squadron on 1 June 1992 Inactivated on 20 January 1994 Redesignated as 330th Combat Training Squadron on 28 June 2002 Activated on 13 August 2002 Allotted to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2002 Relieved from allotment to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2011 1 Assignments edit 93d Bombardment Group 1 March 1942 attached to 93d Bombardment Wing after 10 February 1951 93d Bombardment Wing 16 June 1952 15 September 1963 93d Bombardment Wing 24 August 1988 1 September 1991 398th Operations Group 1 June 1992 20 January 1994 93d Operations Group 13 August 2002 116th Air Control Wing 1 October 2002 461st Operations Group 1 October 2011 present 1 Stations edit Barksdale Field Louisiana 1 March 1942 Page Field Florida 18 May 13 August 1942 RAF Alconbury AAF 102 3 England 7 September 1942 RAF Hardwick AAF 104 3 England c 6 December 1942 15 June 1945 Air echelon operated from Tafaraoui Airfield Algeria 7 15 December 1942 RAF Gambut Libya 16 December 1942 25 February 1943 Benghazi Airport Libya 27 June 26 August 1943 Oudna Airfield Tunisia 18 September 3 October 1943 Sioux Falls Army Air Field South Dakota 26 June 26 July 1945 Pratt Army Air Field Kansas 20 August 1945 Clovis Army Air Field New Mexico 13 December 1945 Castle Field later Castle Air Force Base California 21 June 1946 15 September 1963 Castle Air Force Base California 24 August 1988 20 January 1994 Robins Air Force Base Georgia 13 August 2002 present 1 Aircraft Weapons Systems edit Consolidated B 24 Liberator 1942 1945 Boeing B 29 Superfortress 1945 1949 Boeing B 50 Superfortress 1949 1954 Boeing B 47 Stratojet 1954 1955 Boeing B 52 Stratofortress 1955 1963 1988 1992 Boeing KC 135 Stratotanker 1988 1993 Boeing E 8 Joint STARS 2002 2023 Battle Control Center BCC 2023 PresentSee also editList of B 52 Units of the United States Air ForceReferences editNotes a b c d e Robertson Patsy 19 March 2017 Factsheet 330 Combat Training Squadron ACC Air Force Historical Research Agency Retrieved 28 July 2017 Watkins p 48 a b Station number in Anderson Bibliography edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Anderson Capt Barry 1985 Army Air Forces Stations A Guide to the Stations Where U S Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II PDF Maxwell AFB AL yes Research Division USAF Historical Research Center Archived from the original PDF on 23 January 2016 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Maurer Maurer ed 1983 1961 Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 02 1 LCCN 61060979 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Maurer Maurer ed 1982 1969 Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 405 12194 6 LCCN 70605402 OCLC 72556 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Ravenstein Charles A 1984 Air Force Combat Wings Lineage amp Honors Histories 1947 1977 Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 12 9 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Watkins Robert 2008 Battle Colors Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force In World War II Vol I VIII Bomber Command Atglen PA Shiffer Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 0 7643 1987 7 External links editThe 93rd Bombardment Group Museum Station 104 Hardwick A small museum on the actual airfield site in Nissen Quonset and brick built huts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 330th Combat Training Squadron amp oldid 1208195970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
