17th Training Wing
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| 17th Training Wing | |
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 17th Training Wing emblem |
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| Active | May 8, 1952 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Training |
| Part of | Air Education and Training Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Goodfellow Air Force Base |
| Motto | TOUJOURS AU DANGER - Ever into danger |
| Engagements | Doolittle Raid |
The 17th Training Wing headquartered at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas is a wing in AETC's Second Air Force. Its mission is to train intelligence personnel in all the branches of the armed forces, as well as firefighters and a few other specialties.
The 17th Training Wing is the operating wing for Goodfellow Air Force Base.
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[edit] Organization
The 17th Training Wing is composed of the 17th Training Group, 17th Medical Group, 17th Services Division, and 17th Mission Support Group.
[edit] Mission
The wing trains Air Force AFSCs 1N0, 1N1, 1N2, 1N3, 1N4, 1N5, 1N6, 1A8, officer 14N and firefighters from all branches. Many corresponding Army, Navy and Marine Corps intelligence personnel are also trained at Goodfellow AFB, and assigned to the local units.
There are 17 TRW units at the Defense Language Institute, Corry Station, and Fort Huachuca, AZ which also do intelligence training.
The wing is also responsible for writing the CDCs for the AFSCs which it trains.
[edit] History
[edit] Linage
- Authorized as 17th Observation Group on 18 Oct 1927.
- Redesignated as 17th Pursuit Group in 1929.
- Activated on 15 Jul 1931.
- Redesignated as 17th Attack Group in 1935
- Redesignated as 17th Bombardment Group (Medium) in 1939.
- Inactivated on 26 Nov 1945
- Established as 17th Bombardment Wing, Light, on 8 May 1952.
- Activated on 10 May 1952.
- Redesignated 17th Bombardment Wing, Tactical, on 1 Oct 1955.
- Inactivated on 25 Jun 1958.
- Redesignated 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy, and activated, on 15 Nov 1962.
- Organized on 1 Feb 1963.
- Inactivated on 30 Sep 1976.
- Redesignated 17 Reconnaissance Wing on 20 Jan 1982.
- Activated on 1 Oct 1982.
- Inactivated on 30 Jun 1991.
- Redesignated 17 Training Wing, and activated, on 1 Jul 1993.
[edit] Bases assigned
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United States Army Air Corps/Forces
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[edit] Operational history
[edit] Origins
Authorized as 17th Observation Group on 18 Oct 1927. Redesignated 17th Pursuit Group in 1929. Activated on 15 Jul 1931. Redesignated 17th Attack Group in 1935, and 17th Bombardment Group (Medium) in 1939. Trained and participated in maneuvers, using P-12 and P-26 (1931-1932), A-17 (1933-1939), and B-18 (1940-1941) aircraft.
[edit] World War II
Used B-25's for patrol duty on the west coast after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and later patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast. Converted to B-26's in the summer of 1942.
Moved to North Africa late in 1942 and began operations on 30 Dec. Served in combat in the Mediterranean theater until the end of the war, being assigned first to Twelfth Air Force, then to Fifteenth Air Force (Nov 1943), and again to Twelfth (Jan 1944).
Flew interdictory and close-support missions, bombing bridges, rail lines, marshalling yards, harbors, shipping, gun emplacements, troop concentrations, and other targets. Helped to bring about the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa in May 1943; assisted in the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in Jun 1943; participated in the invasions of Sicily in Jul and of Italy in Sep 1943; and took part in the drive toward Rome, receiving a DUC for a bombing attack on airdromes at Rome on 13 Jan 1944. Also received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for operations in Italy, Apr-Jun 1944.
Took part in the invasion of Southern France in Aug 1944, and continued bombardment operations in northern Italy, France, and later in Germany. Received second DUC for bombing attacks on enemy defenses near Schweinfurt on 10 Apr 1945. Assisted in the disarmament of Germany after V-E Day.
Returned to the US in Nov. Inactivated on 26 Nov 1945.
[edit] Korean War
Established as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Light on May 8, 1952, activated two days later at Pusan-East Air Base (K-9), South Korea, where it replaced the 452nd Bombardment Wing Light. It was equipped with Douglas A-26 Invaders from World War II. Operational Units were the 34th, 37th and 95th Bombardment Squadrons.
The wing conducted combat operations in Korean War, May 10, 1952–July 27, 1953, including night intruder light bombardment missions against enemy supply centers, communications and transportation facilities; interdiction of North Korean railroads; armed reconnaissance; and close air support for ground forces.
It moved to Miho Air Base, Japan on October 10, 1954, where it maintained operational proficiency for light bombardment.
[edit] Cold War
The wing returned to the United States and was assigned to Eglin AFB, Florida on April 1, 1955 as part of Tactical Air Command. On October 1, 1955, it was redesignated the 17th Bombardment Wing, Tactical. It flew B-57s In 1956 and 1957, and B-66s from 1956 until 1958. Inactivated June 25, 1958.
The 17th was assigned to Strategic Air Command and redesignated as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy and activated on November 15, 1962. It replaced the 4043rd Strategic Wing in February 1963 at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and absorbed it's 42nd Bomb Squadron and 922nd Air Refueling Squadron. It trained to maintain proficiency in strategic bombing and aerial refueling on a global basis. It furnished B-52s KC-135 aircraft and crews to SAC units in Vietnam from 1966 to 1975.
Taken off alert at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, on June 30, 1975 and phased down, transferring aircraft by July 7. Moved without personnel or equipment to Beale AFB, California, on September 30, 1975 and absorbed resources of the 456th Bombardment Wing, including B-52G and KC-135Q aircraft.
Continued global strategic bombardment alert to June 30, 1976 and used tanker aircraft primarily to refuel SR-71s of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The wing was inactivated on September 30, 1976 and replaced by the 100th Air Refueling Wing.
The wing was reactivated at RAF Alconbury England as the 17th Reconnaissance Wing on October 1, 1982. The operational squadron of the 17th RW was the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron. The wing flew tactical and strategic surveillance missions in Western Europe using the TR-1 (U-2R).
At Alconbury, the 17th RW received the P. T. Cullen Trophy for providing “the greatest contribution to the intelligence gathering efforts of SAC” in 1989 and 1990. During 1990–91, many of the wing's assets and personnel supported operations in Southwest Asia by ferrying aircraft and equipment to Taif, Saudi Arabia.
The 17th RW inactivated on 30 June 1991, but its subordinate unit, the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron, remained at Alconbury as a non-flying organization. It subsequently inactivated at Alconbury on 15 September 1993, then reactivated on 1 July 1994 as the 95th RS at RAF Mildenhall, assigned to the 55th Operations Group. The U-2Rs were consolidated at Beale AFB California in the 9th Wing, which still deploy routinely on a TDY basis to RAF Mildenhall.
[edit] Post Cold War
The 17th Training Wing stood up as a non-flying wing at Goodfellow AFB, Texas on 1 July 1993. At Goodfellow, the wing develops and delivers cryptologic, intelligence, and other training to US and allied military and US government students.
[edit] Assignments
Fifth Air Force, May 10, 1952; Ninth Air Force, April 1, 1955–June 25, 1958 (attached to Nineteenth Air Force, December 15, 1956–December 15, 1957). Strategic Air Command, November 15, 1962;
[edit] 17th Bomb Wing Assignments
- Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 40th Air Division on February 1, 1963.
- Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force, 6th Air Division on July 1, 1963.
- Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force, 57th Air Division on July 1, 1965.
- Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force, 817th Air Division on July 2, 1968.
- Reassigned to: Eighth Air Force, 45th Air Division on July 2, 1969.
- Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 45th Air Division on March 13, 1970.
- Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 40th Air Division on July 1, 1971.
- Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 42nd Air Division on July 1, 1973.
- Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Air Division on September 30, 1975–September 30, 1976.
- 7 Air Division, October 1, 1982–June 30, 1991.
- Second Air Force, July 1, 1993-.
[edit] Components
[edit] Group
[edit] Squadron
- 9th Air Refueling: September 30, 1975–September 30, 1976.
- 34th Bombardment: attached June 8, 1957–June 25, 1958; assigned February 1, 1963–September 30, 1976.
- 37th Bombardment: attached June 8, 1957–June 25, 1958.
- 95th Bombardment (later, Reconnaissance): attached June 8, 1957–June 25, 1958; assigned October 1, 1982–June 30, 1991.
- 903d Air Refueling: September 30, 1975–September 30, 1976.
- 922d Air Refueling: February 1, 1963–September 30, 1975.
[edit] Aircraft
B-26, 1952–1956; B-57, 1955–1956; B-66, 1956–1958. B-52, 1963–1975, 1975–1976; KC-135, 1963–1975, 1975–1976. TR-1, 1982–1991.
[edit] Decorations
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers.
- Korea: Korea, Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer, 1953.
- Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Futrell, Robert Frank (1983) The United States Air Force In Korea, 1950-1953, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0912799714
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
- Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.
- Air Force Historical Research Agency
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