436th Training Squadron

436th Training Squadron
436th 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 Training Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It assigned to the Air Combat Command 7th Bomb Wing, based at Dyess AFB, Texas.

History

Lineage

Organized: 88th Aero Squadron August 18, 1917

Redesignated: 88th Squadron March 14, 1921

Redesignated: 88th Observation Squadron' January 25, 1923

Inactivated: August 1 1.927

Activated: June 1, 1928

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

Redesignated: 88th Reconnaissance Squadron September 1, 1936

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

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

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

Inactivated: January 6, 1946

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

Activated: October 1, 1946

Redesignated: 436th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) July 20, 1948

Inactivated: April 1, 1963

Redesignated: 436th Strategic Training Squadron February 12, 1986

Activated: July 1, 1986

Inactivated: October 1, 1993

Assignments

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

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

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

Attached to 1st Army Observation Group, October 1919

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

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

Fifth Corps Area October 15, 1921 – April 30, 1927
Air Corps Training Center May 1, 1927 – August 1, 1927

Eighth Corps Area June 1, 1928 – June 29, 1931

Attached to Field Artillery School November 1931

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

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

Air echelon attached to: United States Navy, February 8, 1942 – March 14, 1942

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

Stations

Kelly Field, Texas, August 18, 1917
Garden City, New York, October 11–27, 1917
Colombey-les-Belles, France, November 16, 1917
Amanty, France, February 1, 1918
Ourches, France, May 28, 1918
Francheville, France, July 7, 1918
Ferme-de-Greves, France, August 4, 1918
Goussancourt, France, September 4, 1918
Ferme-de-Greves, France, September 9, 1918
Souilly, France, September 12, 1918
Pretz-en¬Argonne, France, September 14, 1918
Souilly, France, September 20, 1918
Bethelainville, France, November 4, 1918
Villers-la-Chevre, France, November 29, 1918
Trier, Germany, December 6, 1918
Le Mans, France, June 1–10, 1919
Mitchel Field, New York, June 27, 1919
Scott Field, Illinois, l i July 1919
Langley Field, Virginia, September 5, 1919

Operated from Charleston, West Virginia, September 3–8, 1921

Detachment remained at Charleston until October 1921

Godman Field, Kentucky, October 15, 1921
Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, October 11, 1922
Brooks Field, Texas, May 7 – August 1, 1927
Post Field, Oklahoma, June 1, 1928

Brooks Field, Texas, November 5, 1931
Hamilton Field, California, September 28, 1935
Fort Douglas, Utah, September 7, 1940
Salt Lake City Airport, Utah, c. January 15 – November 11, 1941
Archerfield Airport (Brisbane), Australia, December 22, 1941 – February 4, 1942

Air echelon operated from: Hickam Field, Hawaii (Territory), December 7, 1941 – February 10, 1942

Air echelon operated from: Nandi Airport, Fiji Islands, February 12–17, 1942

Air echelon operated from: RAAF Base Townsville, Australia, February 20 – c. March 14, 1942

Karachi, India, March 12, 1942
Allahabad, India, June 1, 1942
Gaya, India, November 14, 1942
Bishnupur, India, February 25, 1943
Panagarh, India, September 25, 1943
Madhaiganj, India, December 13, 1943
Tezgaon, India, June 14, 1944
Madhaiganj, India, October 6, 1944

Detachment based at Luliang, China, ferrying gasoline to Suichwan, China, December 1944 – January 1945

Tezpur, India, June 1 – December 7, 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, January 5–6, 1946
Ft Worth AAF1d (later Carswell AFB), Texas, i October 1946
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, August 1, 1958 – April 1, 1963.
Carswell AFB, Texas July 1, 1986 – October 1, 1993

Operational History

Combat as corps observation squadron with I, III, IV, and V Army Corps, May 30 – November 10, 1918; subsequently served with VII Army Corps in occupation force, November 1918 – May 1919.

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

Air echelon under attack during its arrival in Hawaii, December 7, 1941; air echelon in combat while operating from Hawaii, Fiji Islands, and Australia, December 9, 1941 – c. March 14, 1942; combat in CBI, June 4, 1942 – June 10, 1944 and October 19, 1944 – May 10, 1945; transported gasoline to China, June 20 – September 30, 1944 and June 17 – September 18, 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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