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was initially activated as a command and control organization for heavy bomber training. In 1943 it became single-engine fighter training organization for Second Air Force. The wing had jurisdiction for fighter training
Operational Training Units and Replacement Training Units in the midwest. Bases
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Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and
Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations
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Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 498q, 15 June 1983, Subject: Disbandment of
Certain Inactive Air Force Units
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Command and control of
Fighter Operational and Replacement Training Units
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
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108:, Colorado. It was inactivated on 9 April 1946.
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217:72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing
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484:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
417:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
28:
670:46th Bombardment Operational Training
650:16th Bombardment Operational Training
7:
475:Air Force Historical Research Agency
316:, 12 October 1944 – 6 January 1945
274:, 17 September 1943 – 4 April 1944
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469: This article incorporates
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381:American Theater of World War II
373:
310:, 12 October 1944 – 24 June 1945
298:, 1 November 1943 – 1 April 1944
280:, 1 November 1943 – 1 April 1944
18:72nd Fighter Wing (World War II)
261:, 12 August 1943 – 9 April 1946
121:assigned to the wing included:
357:Colorado Springs Army Air Base
337:Colorado Springs Army Air Base
292:, 9 March 1943 – 21 March 1944
106:Colorado Springs Army Air Base
1:
1362:United States Army Air Forces
481:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
414:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
286:, 7 October – 9 November 1943
248:Disbanded on 9 September 1992
244:372d Electronic Warfare Group
98:United States Army Air Forces
64:United States Army Air Forces
363:, December 1945-9 April 1946
234:Inactivated on 9 April 1946
224:Activated on 20 August 1943
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1357:
655:17th Bombardment Training
645:15th Bombardment Training
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239:Disbanded on 15 June 1983
219:(Heavy) on 12 August 1943
137:Alamogordo Army Air Field
327:Rapid City Army Air Base
189:Pocatello Army Air Field
171:Galveston Army Air Field
304:, 26 March-1 April 1944
195:Scribner Army Air Field
609:IV Air Support Command
594:II Air Support Command
471:public domain material
165:DeRidder Army Air Base
155:Dalhart Army Air Field
143:Bruning Army Air Field
131:Abilene Army Air Field
38:
149:Casper Army Air Field
100:. It was assigned to
37:
1341:443nd Troop Carrier
1325:77th Reconnaissance
1320:71st Reconnaissance
624:XXII Bomber Command
314:508th Fighter Group
308:507th Fighter Group
302:476th Fighter Group
296:408th Fighter Group
290:407th Fighter Group
284:357th Fighter Group
231:on 1 September 1943
1315:8th Reconnaissance
1310:7th Reconnaissance
1305:6th Reconnaissance
1300:5th Reconnaissance
1295:4th Reconnaissance
1290:3rd Reconnaissance
1285:2nd Reconnaissance
948:388th Bombardment
619:XXI Bomber Command
604:II Fighter Command
278:84th Fighter Group
272:36th Fighter Group
96:was a wing of the
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1218:504th Bombardment
1213:502nd Bombardment
1208:501st Bombardment
1203:500th Bombardment
1198:499th Bombardment
1193:498th Bombardment
1188:497th Bombardment
1183:494th Bombardment
1178:493rd Bombardment
1173:491st Bombardment
1168:490th Bombardment
1163:489th Bombardment
1158:488th Bombardment
1153:487th Bombardment
1148:486th Bombardment
1143:485th Bombardment
1138:484th Bombardment
1133:472nd Bombardment
1128:471st Bombardment
1123:470th Bombardment
1118:469th Bombardment
1113:468th Bombardment
1108:467th Bombardment
1103:464th Bombardment
1098:462nd Bombardment
1093:461st Bombardment
1088:460th Bombardment
1083:459th Bombardment
1078:458th Bombardment
1073:457th Bombardment
1068:456th Bombardment
1063:455th Bombardment
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1048:452nd Bombardment
1043:451st Bombardment
1038:450th Bombardment
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1028:448th Bombardment
1023:447th Bombardment
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1008:444th Bombardment
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998:415th Bombardment
993:407th Bombardment
988:401st Bombardment
983:400th Bombardment
978:399th Bombardment
973:398th Bombardment
968:396th Bombardment
963:395th Bombardment
958:393rd Bombardment
953:390th Bombardment
943:385th Bombardment
938:384th Bombardment
933:383rd Bombardment
928:382nd Bombardment
923:381st Bombardment
918:379th Bombardment
913:376th Bombardment
908:351st Bombardment
903:346th Bombardment
898:333rd Bombardment
893:331st Bombardment
888:330th Bombardment
883:312th Bombardment
878:308th Bombardment
873:307th Bombardment
868:306th Bombardment
863:305th Bombardment
858:304th Bombardment
853:303rd Bombardment
848:302nd Bombardment
843:301st Bombardment
838:100th Bombardment
690:316th Bombardment
685:315th Bombardment
614:XX Bomber Command
599:II Bomber Command
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32:72d Fighter Wing
16:(Redirected from
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828:96th Bombardment
823:95th Bombardment
818:94th Bombardment
813:88th Bombardment
808:86th Bombardment
803:86th Bombardment
798:85th Bombardment
793:48th Bombardment
788:47th Bombardment
783:46th Bombardment
778:42nd Bombardment
773:40th Bombardment
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763:34th Bombardment
758:29th Bombardment
753:25th Bombardment
748:19th Bombardment
743:17th Bombardment
738:16th Bombardment
733:12th Bombardment
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680:73rd Bombardment
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665:21st Bombardment
660:18th Replacement
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333:, 20 August 1943
259:Second Air Force
229:72d Fighter Wing
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94:72d Fighter Wing
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253:Assignments
227:Redesigned
179:, Louisiana
167:, Louisiana
1459:Categories
1434:Fourteenth
1429:Thirteenth
387:References
266:Components
197:, Nebraska
185:, Colorado
145:, Nebraska
1444:Twentieth
1439:Fifteenth
562:Airfields
555:Airfields
151:, Wyoming
47:1943–1946
1419:Eleventh
587:Commands
361:Colorado
351:Colorado
341:Colorado
321:Stations
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1399:Seventh
1237:Fighter
210:Lineage
191:, Idaho
173:, Texas
157:, Texas
133:, Texas
112:History
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1374:Second
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580:Units
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