436th Training Squadron

436th Training Squadron
Emblem of the 436th Training Squadron
Active	1917–1993, 2005 Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Bombardment
Part of	Far East Air Force

SAC 436th Bomb Squadron emblem

World War II squadron emblem

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.

Overview

The 436th Training Squadron provides formal training to Air Combat Command using 15 schools at Dyess and 38 other programs exported directly to units for local training needs.

Training includes command and control, air, ground and weapons safety, Air Force Operations Resource Management System, classroom instructor training, Air Force Mission Support System administration, mission planning cell training, life support and survival, and computer software use and development. The 436th Training Squadron also develops multimedia and formal presentations used in training program development and formal presentations. Multimedia personnel are based at Dyess, and deploy worldwide to perform their mission. Unit products and services are used throughout the DOD.

History

Activated in the summer of 1917 as the Air Service 80th Aero Squadron; deployed to France during World War II and served on the Western Front. Engaged in combat as a corps observation squadron with I, III, IV, and V Army Corps, May 30 – November 10, 1918. After the armistice subsequently served with VII Army Corps in occupation force, November 1918 – May 1919 when the squadron returned to the United States

Redesignated as an observation squadron in 1921 and assigned to Langley Field, Virginia. 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

Lineage

• Organized: 88th Aero Squadron August 18, 1917

Redesignated: 88th Squadron March 14, 1921

Redesignated: 88th Observation Squadron' January 25, 1923

Inactivated: August 1, 1927

• 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

Discontinued, and inactivated on: April 1, 1963; personnel/aircraft/equipment redesignated as 20th Bombardment Squadron

• Redesignated: 436th Strategic Training Squadron February 12, 1986

Activated: July 1, 1986

Inactivated: October 1, 1993

• Redesignated 436th Training Squadron and reactivated on 1 Oct 2005

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
• 7th Operations Group 1 Oct 2005- Present

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, 1 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
• Dyess AFB, Texas 1 Oct 2005- Present

See also

• List of American Aero Squadrons
• United States Army Air Forces in Australia
• List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force

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