436th Training Squadron

436th Strategic Training Squadron
436th Strategic Training Squadron
	Emblem of the 436th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1917-1993
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Bombardment
Part of	Far East Air Force

The 436th Strategic Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Combat Command 7th Bombardment Wing, based at Carswell AFB, Texas. It was inactivated on 1 October 1993.

History

Lineage

Organized: 88th Aero Squadron 18 August 1917

Redesignated: 88th Squadron 14 March 1921

Redesignated: 88th Observation Squadron 25 January 1923

Inactivated: 1 August 1.927

Activated: 1 June 1928

Redesignated: 88th Observation Squadron (Long-range, Amphibian) 1 March 1935

Redesignated: 88th Reconnaissance Squadron 1 September 1936

Redesignated: 88th Reconnaissance Squadron (Long Range) 6 December 1939

Redesignated: 88th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) 20 November 1940

Redesignated: 436th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 22 April 1942

Inactivated: 6 January 1946

Redesignated: 436th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) 1 October 1946

Activated: 1 October 1946

Redesignated: 436th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 20 Jul 1948

Inactivated: 1 April 1963

Redesignated: 436th Strategic Training Squadron 12 February 1986

Activated: 1 July 1986

Inactivated: 1 Oct 1993

Assignments

Unknown 18 August 1917 - 1 May 1918
I Corps Observation Group 1 May 1918 - 1 August 1918
III Corps Observation Group 1 August 1918 - 1 November 1918

Attached to V Corps Observation Group, 12-17 September 1918

Unknown 1 November 1918 - 1 September 1919
2d Wing 1 September 1919 - 23 March 1920

Attached to 1st Army Observation Group, October 1919

lst Army Observation Group (later, 7th Bomb Group), 24 March 1920 - 9 February 1921
Air Service Field Officer's School, 10 February 1921 - 14 October 1921

School attached to lst Provisional Air Brigade for operations, 6 May 3 Oct 1921

Fifth Corps Area 15 October 1921 - 30 April 1927

Air Corps Training Center 1 May 1927 - 1 August 1927
Eighth Corps Area 1 June 1928 - 29 June 1931

Attached to Field Artillery School November 1931

12th Observation Group 30 June 1931 - 31 August 1936
7th Bombardment Group 1 September 1936 - 24 February 1942

Air echelon attached to: 31st Bombardment Squadron, 10 December 1941 - 8 February 1942

Air echelon attached to: US Navy, 8 February 1942- 14 March 1942

7th Bombardment Wing 25 February 1942 - 6 January 1946
7th Bombardment Group 1 October 1946 - 15 June 1952
7th Bombardment Wing 16 June 1952 - 31 July 1958
4238th Strategic Wing 1 August 1958 - 1 April 1963
Strategic Air Command 1 July 1986
Air Combat Command, 1 Jun 1992 - 1 Oct 1993

Stations

Kelly Field, Tex, 18 Aug 1917
Garden City, NY, 11-27 Oct 1917
Colombey-les-Belles, France, 16 Nov 1917
Amanty, France, i Feb 1918
Ourches, France, 28 May 1918
Francheville, France, 7 Jul 1918
Ferme-de-Greves, France, 4 Aug 1918
Goussancourt, France, 4 Sep 1918
Ferme-de-Greves, France, 9 Sep 1918
Souilly, France, 12 Sep 1918
Pretz-en¬Argonne, France, 14 Sep 1918
Souilly, France, 20 Sep 1918
Bethelainville, France, 4 Nov 1918
Villers-la-Chevre, France, 29 Nov 1918
Trier, Germany, 6 Dec 1918
Le Mans, France, 1-10 Jun 1919
Mitchel Field, NY, 27 Jun 1919
Scott Field, Ill, l i Jul 1919
Langley Field, Va, 5 Sep 1919

Operated from Charleston, W Va, 3-8 Sep 1921

Detachment at Charleston until Oct 1921

Godman Field, Ky, 15 Oct 1921
Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, 11 Oct 1922
Brooks Field, Tex, 7 May-1 Aug 1927
Post Field, Okla, 1 Jun 1928
Brooks Field, Tex, 5 Nov 1931

Hamilton Field, Calif, 28 Sep 1935
Ft Douglas, Utah, 7 Sep 1940
Salt Lake City, Utah, c. 15 Jan--11 Nov 1941
Brisbane, Australia, 22 Dec 1941-4 Feb 1942

Air echelon operated from: Hickam Field, Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941-10 Feb 1942

Air echelon operated from: Nandi Airport, Fiji Islands, 12-17 Feb 1942

Air echelon operated from: Townsville, Australia, 20 Feb-c. 14 Mar 1942

Karachi, India, 12 Mar 1942
Allahabad, India, 1 Jun 1942
Gaya, India, 14 Nov 1942
Bishnupur, India, 25 Feb 1943
Panagarh, India, 25 Sep 1943
Madhaiganj, India, 13 Dec 1943
Tezgaon, India, 14 Jun 1944
Madhaiganj, India, 6 Oct 1944

Detachment based at Luliang, China, ferrying gasoline to Suichwan, China, Dec 1944-Jan 1945

Tezpur, India, 1 Jun-7 Dec 1945
Camp Kilmer, NJ, 5-6 Jan 1946
Ft Worth AAF1d (later Carswell AFB), Tex, i Oct 1946
Barksdale AAB, La, 1 Aug 1958-1 Apr 1963.
Carswell AFB, Texas 1 Jul 1986-1 Oct 1993

Operational History

Combat as corps observation squadron with I, III, IV, and V Army Corps, 3o May-10 Nov 1918; subsequently served with VII Army Corps in occupation force, Nov 1918–May 1919.

Participated in demonstrations of effectiveness of aerial bombardment on warships, Jun–Sep 1921. Deployed for service in connection with civil disorders arising from West Virginia coal strike, Sep 1921. Dropped food and supplies and flew photographic missions in connection with flood-relief operations in central California, 12-13 Dec 1937.

Air echelon under attack during its arrival in Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941; air echelon in combat while operating from Hawaii, Fiji Islands, and Australia, 9 Dec 1941–c. 14 Mar 1942; combat in CBI, 4 Jun 1942-10 Jun 1944 and 19 Oct 1944-10 May 1945; transported gasoline to China, 20 Jun-30 Sep 1944 and 17 Jun-18 Sep 1945.

Strategic Air Command training in worldwide bombardment, 1946-1963, Training unit, 1986-1993

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

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