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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 . 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 -. STATIONS Geiger Field, WA, 15 April 1942 ; Ephrata, WA, 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, CA, 16- 18 January 1946 . MacDill Field (later, AFB), FL, 4 August 1946 (operated from Kadena, Okinawa, beginning c. 4 August 1950 ); Kadena Air Base , Okinawa, 15 August 1953 ; Lincoln AFB, NE, 19 November 1954 - 25 March 1965 (operated from RAF Lakenheath , England, 11 July - 5 October 1956 ). Edwards AFB , CA, 1 October 2001 -. AIRCRAFT B-17 , 1942; B-24 , 1942-1945. B-29 , 1946-1954; B-47 , 1955-1965. 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 Korea War , 8 August 1950 - 27 July 1953 . Trained for strategic bombardment operations, 1954-1965. |
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