The 46th Operations Group was a component of the

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assigned to

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, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 October 2012, and its functions consolidated under the

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at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida The 46 OG was the flying component of the 46th Test Wing. It designed and executed flight and ground test and evaluation of USAF conventional munitions and electronic countermeasures. The 40th Test Squadron flew a mixture of

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, NC-130 and

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Aircraft. Its

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predecessor unit, the 46th Bombardment Operational Training Wing was a command and control organization for replacement training units (RTU) that trained personnel on

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, and

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bombers. Its group's graduates were then assigned to combat units in overseas theaters worldwide as replacement personnel.

History

Lineage

* Established as 46 Bombardment Training Wing on 15 February 1943 : Activated on 21 February 1943 : Redesignated 46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing on 15 April 1943 : Inactivated on 9 April 1946 : Disestablished on 8 October 1948 * Reestablished, and redesignated 46 Operations Group on 31 August 1993 : Activated on 8 September 1993 : Inactivated on 1 October 2012

Assignments

II Bomber Command The II Bomber Command is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was established in September 1941, shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor to command heavy bomber units assigned to Second Air Force. Following the entry of the United St ...

, 21 February 1943 * I (later XX) Bomber Command, 15 May 1943 *

Second Air Force The Second Air Force (2 AF; ''2d Air Force'' in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended ...

, 6 October 1943 *

Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile c ...

, 21 March – 9 April 1946 *

, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012

Components

Groups *

19th Bombardment Group 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full ...

, 4 September 1943 – 1 April 1944 *

302d Bombardment Group 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies ...

, 1 September – 17 December 1943 Squadrons * 39th Test (later, 39th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 September 1999 * 40th Test (later, 40th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 October 2012 *

337th Flight Test Squadron The 337th Flight Test Squadron was most recently part of the 46th Test Wing and based at McClellan Air Force Base, California. It performed depot acceptance testing until being inactivated with the closure of McClellan on 13 July 2001. History ...

: 1 July 1994 – 1 September 1997

Stations

Dalhart Army Air Field Dalhart Army Air Base is a former World War II military airfield complex near the city of Dalhart, Texas. It operated three training sites for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945. The majority of the namesake city of Dalhart ...

, Texas, 21 February 1943 * Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 15 September 1943 *

Colorado Springs Army Air Base Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a U.S. Space Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the N ...

, Colorado, 21 June 1945 – 9 April 1946 *

, Florida, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012

Aircraft

* F-15, 1993–2012 * F-16, 1993–2012 * F/EF-111, 1993–1995 * NC-130, 1993–2012 * A-10, 1994–2012

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

{{USAAF 2d Air Force World War II

046 46 may refer to: * 46 (number) * 46 (album), ''46'' (album), a 1983 album by Kino (band), Kino * "Forty Six", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Appalachian Incantation'', 2010 * One of the years 46 BC, AD 46, 1946, 2046 {{Number disambiguat ...

Military units and formations established in 1993