370th Flight Test Squadron (United States)

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Contents 1 Lineage 2 Assignments 3 Stations 4 Aircraft 5 Operations

[edit] Lineage

Constituted 370th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942. Activated on 15 April 1942. Redesignated 370th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, c. Mar 1944. Inactivated on 18 January 1946. Redesignated 370th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 15 July 1946. Activated on 4 August 1946. Redesignated 370th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 25 March 1965. Redesignated 370th Flight Test Squadron on 24 September 2001. Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 2001.

[edit] Assignments

• 307th Bombardment Group, 15 April 1942-18 January 1946
• 307th Bombardment Group, 4 August 1946
• 307th Bombardment Wing, 16 June 1952-25 March 1965
• 452d Operations Group, 1 October 2001-present

[edit] Stations

• Geiger Field, Washington, 15 April 1942
• Ephrata, Washington, 27 May 1942
• Sioux City AAB, Iowa, 29 September-21 October 1942
• Kipapa Field, TH, 2 November 1942 (operated from Midway, 22-24 December 1942, and from Espiritu Santo, c. 6 February-c. 18 March 1943)
• Guadalcanal, 18 March 1943
• Munda, New Georgia, 22 February 1944
• Los Negros, 13 May 1944
• Wakde, 22 August 1944 (operated from Noemfoor, c. 20 September-12 November 1944)
• Morotai, 14 November 1944
• Clark Field, Luzon, 10 September-27 December 1945
• Camp Stoneman, California, 16-18 January 1946
• MacDill Field (later, AFB), Florida, 4 August 1946 (operated from Kadena, Okinawa, beginning c. 4 August 1950)
• Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 15 August 1953
• Lincoln AFB, Nebraska, 19 November 1954-25 March 1965 (operated from RAF Lakenheath, England, 11 July-5 October 1956)
• Edwards AFB, California, 1 October 2001-.

[edit] Aircraft

• B-17, 1942
• B-24, 1942-1945
• B-29, 1946-1954
• B-47, 1955-1965

[edit] Operations

Sea search missions from Hawaii, Nov 1942-Jan 1943. Combat in Central Pacific, 22-23 December 1942; South and Southwest Pacific, 16 February 1943-11 August 1945. Training unit for antisubmarine warfare, Sep 1947-c. May 1948. Combat in the Korean War, 8 August 1950-27 July 1953. Trained for strategic bombardment operations, 1954-1965.