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345th Bombardment Wing

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Trained to maintain combat proficiency in locating, attacking, and destroying targets from all altitudes and under all conditions of weather and light. The service of the B-57 in tactical bomb groups was brief as the decision was made to phase out the B-57 in favor of supersonic tactical
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were assigned to it. The 345th started with 40 officers and 350 enlisted men, commanded by then Col. Jarred V. Crabb. Full strength, the 345th would contain 250 officers and 1250 enlisted men. At Columbia and other training bases, the group trained for overseas duty with
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accepted by the Air Force were assigned to the group. These were not bombers, but RB-57A reconnaissance models and were assigned for transition training in the Canberra. The group received its first true bomber, a B-57B before the end of the year.
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As the need for trained B-26 crews expanded, the squadron became the 4400th Combat Crew Training Group on 12 March 1951 and was assigned the 4400th Training Squadron and the 4400th Maintenance Squadron. The following month, the federalized
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The 345th Bomb Group has an active reunion association holding annual reunions around the country. Additional information about the reunion association can be found at their website
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As the training mission wound down, the group became the 4400th Bombardment Group, Tactical (Training) on 16 January 1954 and became a placeholder for the planned activation of a
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On 31 January 1984 the 345th Bombardment Group and the 345th Bombardment Wing were consolidated into a single unit.
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Air Apaches - the true story of the 345th Bomb Group and its low, fast and deadly missions in World War II
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Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982
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approved for the 345th Bombardment Group 21 May 1954 and for the 345th Bombardment Wing 29 May 1958.
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Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 22 June 1954 – 8 October 1957; 8 October 1957 – 25 June 1959
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Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 539q, 31 January 1984, Subject: Consolidation of Units
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Army Service Forces, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, 27 December 1945 – 29 December 1945
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for a series of attacks against flak positions, shore installations, and barracks at
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Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)
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group at Langley. Its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the
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fighter-bombers. On 8 October 1957. In 1957, the group was inactivated when
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The group also maintains a Facebook Page, 345th Bomb Group Association.
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The inactivation of the 345th BW was further delayed by a crisis in the
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was simultaneously activated with the group's personnel and equipment.
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when one of its squadrons had to be hastily deployed in July 1958 to
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Moved to New Guinea, via Australia, April–June 1943, and assigned to
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Warpath: A Story of the 345th Bombardment Group (M) in World War II
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The reactivation of the 345th had its roots on 1 August 1950, when
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Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977
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where targets included Japanese airfields and communications on
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reorganized its wings under the dual deputy system and the
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424th Bombardment Squadron: 22 June 1954 – 19 July 1954
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in December when it was relieved from attachment to the
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345th Bombardment Group B-25 Mitchell over Wakde Island
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organized the 2215th Combat Crew Training Squadron at
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House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
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