15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing
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The 15th Bombardment Training Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 9 April 1946.
History
The wing was activated at March Field, California in December 1940 and assigned to the Southwest Air District. Its operational components were the 47th and 48th Bombardment GroupsMaurer, Combat Units, pp. 384-385 In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command.Futrell, p. 13
It trained groups and heavy bombardment replacement crews for Second Air Force June 1942 until February 1945 when it ceased all activity.
=Lineage=
- Constituted as the 15th Bombardment Wing on 19 October 1940
: Activated on 18 December 1940
: Inactivated on 3 September 1941
- Activated on 23 June 1942
: Redesignated 15th Bombardment Training Wing in January 1943
: Redesignated 15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing in April 1943
: Inactivated on 9 April 1946
=Assignments=
- Southwest Air District, 18 December 1940 – 3 September 1941
- Second Air Force, 23 June 1942 – 6 April 1946
=Components=
=Stations=
- March Field, California, 18 December 1940
- Fresno Army Air Base, California, c. 2 August – 3 September 1941
- Gowen Field, Idaho, 23 June 1942
- Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, November 1942
- Gowen Field, Idaho, July 1943
- Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, May 1944
- Peterson Field, Colorado, 8 September 1944 – 9 April 1946
References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
- {{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-049.pdf |last1=Futrell|first1=Robert F.|title=Command of Observation Aviation: A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower, USAF Historical Study No. 24|date=September 1956|publisher=Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University |access-date=January 23, 2022}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 December 2016|access-date= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
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Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1948
Category:Training wings of the United States Army Air Forces